control of the oil refinery, preventing its destruction. Second Battle of Donetsk Airport In January 2015, the 13th Battalion was at the point of permanent deployment in Zhytomyr, restoring combat capability. On Saturday, January 17, the "Collection" team arrived. Two tactical groups were formed from the battalion. The fighters of the first group were immediately sent to strengthen the defense of Pisky, a village located next to Donetsk International Airport. The second tactical group of paratroopers arrived near Donetsk in the settlement of Lastochkine on January 23. The task of this group was to storm and seize a mine located between Avdiivka and Spartak. The mine was tactically important. Snipers and artillery correctors of the enemy worked from its buildings and territories. At 8 a.m., fighters of the 13th Battalion, together with the 1st Battalion of the 95th Brigade, went on the assault. An hour and a half later, the mine was occupied. The paratroopers held the object for ten days, later they were replaced by fighters of the 11th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion. The next task of the 13th battalion was to take the settlement of Spartak. They attacked in two encompassing directions, the assault lasted for several hours, but it was not possible to capture the settlement. After an unsuccessful assault attempt, the paratroopers were taken to a concentration area. Battle of Debaltseve When the column of the 13th Battalion was already on the march to the rear, an order came to send it to another problematic place - near Debaltseve. Right on the road, the convoy turned around and followed a new route and arrived in the Luhansk region on February 12. The paratroopers had to ensure the exit from the semi-encirclement of the units defending Debaltseve by occupying two heights that allowed them to control the Debaltseve–Artemivsk route and the units' withdrawal route. At night, reconnaissance patrols worked in the area of ​​the heights, and in the morning they went to the specified boundaries. In unequipped terrain, fighters hid from shelling in the folds of the terrain, dug trenches somewhere. The militants constantly covered one height with artillery and "hail", and the other, which was closer to them, was shelled from tanks. The paratroopers held the "Corridor of Life" for two days. Columns leaving Debaltseve came under enemy fire. During the day, Ukrainian convoys were attacked by several T-72s and BMP-2s. Several times the paratroopers directed