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The '''First Battle of Kreminna''' was a ] between ] and ] over the ] city of ]. It is regarded as the first battle during the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-new-04-18-22/index.html |title=April 18, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news |website=Amp.cnn.com |date=2022-04-19 |access-date=2022-05-31}}</ref>

== Background ==
Kreminna, a city of 18,000 people, has been a strategic city since the beginning of the ] because it is a passage to ], which is only a 1 hour drive from Kreminna.<ref name="france1">{{cite web|author= |url=https://amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20220419-russia-s-donbas-offensive-advances-with-fall-of-kreminna |title=Russia's Donbas offensive advances with fall of Kreminna |website=Amp.france24.com |date=2022-04-19 |access-date=2022-05-31}}</ref>

== Battle ==
On 18 April 2022, Russian forces entered Kreminna, where the ] ] reported that street fights began and that evacuation was not possible. Tanks and other weaponry also entered where civilians were surrounded by Russian troops.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/ukraine-says-russian-forces-have-entered-kreminna-city/2566375 |title=Ukraine says Russian forces have entered Kreminna city |website=Aa.com.tr |date=2022-04-18 |access-date=2022-05-31}}</ref> Russian forces attacked from all sides, encircling the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.abc.net.au/article/101000708 |title=Russian forces capture city of Kreminna, as attacks continue in country's eastern Donbas region - ABC News |website=Amp.abc.net.au |date= |access-date=2022-05-31}}</ref> Fighting continued throughout the night with heavy artillery fire being shot around the streets. Russian forces later captured the city hall on the 19 April.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} That evening, Serhiy reported that the remaining Ukrainian troops withdrew, giving Russian troops full control of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/19/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskiy-says-battle-for-donbas-has-begun-dialogue-between-macron-and-putin-stalls-live |title=Russian forces seize Kreminna in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region - as it happened|website=] |date= |access-date=2022-05-31}}</ref>

== Aftermath ==
{{Main articles|Battle of the Svatove–Kreminna line}}
Kreminna was the first city to fall during the Donbas Offensive that was announced by Russia on 18 April.<ref name="france1"/> The governor reported that 200 civilians were killed, but there could have been more.<ref name="auto"/> Ukrainian officials reported on 25 April that Russian forces were killed in an explosion in the Kreminna City Hall by a gas explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/25/7342040/index.amp |title=Luhansk Military Administration: Russian occupiers and their collaborators die in an explosion in Kreminna City Hall |website=Pravda.com.ua |date=2022-04-25 |access-date=2022-05-31}}</ref>

== See also ==
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