Battle of Svitlodarsk

Battle of Svitlodarsk
	Part of War in Donbas
	; Ruins of a building in Svitlodarsk
Date	18–23 December 2016; (5 days)
Location	Svitlodarsk, Ukraine
Result	Ceasefire Both sides claim to have repelled the other's attacks;
Belligerents
Ukraine	Luhansk People's Republic
Commanders and leaders
Kupol (nom de guerre)	Oleg Anashchenko
Units involved
Ukrainian Armed Forces Ukrainian Ground Forces: 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade 1st Battalion; ; 30th Mechanized Brigade 2nd "Horyn" Motorized Infantry Battalion; ; 24th Mechanized Brigade; ;	LPR 2nd Army Corps 7th Chistyakovskaya Motorized Rifle Brigade;
Casualties and losses
Per Ukraine: 9 killed; 35 wounded; Per LPR: 10 killed; 20 wounded;	Per LPR: 4 killed; 2 wounded; Per Ukraine: 18 killed; 38 wounded; 1 captured;

The Battle of Svitlodarsk took place during the war in Donbas near Svitlodarsk, Donetsk Oblast in 2016. It was described as the "bloodiest battle in 5 months".