Great Raid of 2014

Great Raid of 2014 ; Raid of the 95th Brigade
	Part of the War in Donbas
Date	19 July — 10 August, 2014 ; (3 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Luhansk Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Donbas, Ukraine
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Ukraine	Russia ; Luhansk People's Republic ; Donetsk People's Republic
Commanders and leaders
Mykhailo Zabrodsky	Unknown
Units involved
95th Airmobile Brigade Reinforcements:; 25th Airmobile Brigade; 30th Mechanized Brigade; 51st Mechanized Brigade	Russian Armed Forces ; Separatists
Casualties and losses
13 paratroopers killed; 74 wounded; 60% of equipment lost	3 checkpoints destroyed; Unknown killed and wounded

The Great Raid of 2014, also known as the Raid of the 95th Brigade, took place from July 19 to August 10, 2014, during the War in Donbas. According to information from the Ukrainian government, units of the 95th Air Assault Brigade, reinforced with assets from the 25th Airborne and 30th and 51st Mechanized Brigades, conducted a 470 km raid, of which 170 km were behind enemy lines. During the raid, the 95th Brigade paratroopers entered into armed clashes with the Russian Army.

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