Five years ago, on January 13, 2015, Russia-backed forces in Ukraine’s occupied territories launched their biggest military campaign against Ukrainian forces since the September 5 Minsk ceasefire protocols, staging hundreds of attacks in a fierce attempt to take control of the territory of the ruined Donetsk airport.
In addition to the military attacks, terrorist attacks were launched throughout Ukraine: on January 13 in Volnovakha 13 civilians were killed and 17 injured; in Kharkiv on January 19, 14 were injured at a courthouse; and on the next day in the Zaporizhzhya region a bridge was blown up as a cargo train crossed it. The city of Avdiyivka’s coke plant in the Donetsk region was targeted by the Russia-backed forces as well.