Kramatorsk Airport
Краматорський аеродром
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| Airport type | Military airfield | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Ukrainian Army | ||||||||||
| Location | Donetsk Oblast Kramatorsk | ||||||||||
| In use | Military[1] | ||||||||||
| Occupants | Ukrainian Army | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 646 ft / 197[1] m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°42′20″N 37°37′44″E / 48.70556°N 37.62889°E / 48.70556; 37.62889 | ||||||||||
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  Kramatorsk Airport Location in Ukraine | |||||||||||
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Kramatorsk Airport, also known as Kramatorsk military airfield, is a military airfieldinDonetsk OblastofUkraine. The airbase is 3.4 kmSSE from the centre of Kramatorsk and at about 20 km south of Slovyansk.
The airfield was captured by pro-Russian forces during the early phases of the War in Donbas in 2014.
On 15 April 2014 the airfield was recaptured by the Ukrainian military.[2] Different sources stated the death toll up to 11.[3][4]
On 10 June 2014 the Ukrainian military claimed that about 40 pro-Russian fighters were killed in a 3-hour battle.[5]
As a result of shelling, that was carried by pro-Russian forces on 10 February 2015 ten people were injured at the military base.[6]
The airfield was among the first military bases bombarded in the early hours of 24 February 2022, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
