Novorossiya War (Atlantic Resolve)

￼The Novorossiya War was a military conflict that was fought in 2015 between Ukraine, Russia, and pro-Russian separatists.  The Novorossiya War began on June 14, 2015 when tens of thousands of Russian troops backed by armored vehicles, gunships, and fighter aircraft invaded Ukraine. The invasion force quickly  linked up with pro-Russian separatists already fighting government troops. While NATO and the EU didn't outright go to war with Russia, additional material support was sent to the Ukrainian government.

 Russian military had occupied all of Donbass as well as parts of Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson Oblasts by the start of July. Russian Naval Infantry invaded the invaded Odessa during the second week of July and within a few days had secured beachhead thereby opening another front. By mid-July, the Russian had broken from the Odessa beachhead and entered the disputed Moldovan territory of Transnistria to link up with other Russian troops already located there. As a result the  Novorossiya  War had officially begun to spillover into Moldova.

 Meanwhile Russia's primary invasion force had occupied most of the eastern portion of Ukraine and the Ukrainian military had begun a strategic withdrawal from  Novorossiya. Russia's secondary force pushed west along the Ukrainian coast and linked up with the Odessa beachhead on July 18th. By July 22nd, the Russians had secured all of "Novorossiya" and Ukraine was effectively landlocked. The following day, the Ukrainian government begrudgingly agreed to an armistice to bring an end to the fighting.