Cyborgs (Donetsk airport)
The Cyborgs (Ukrainian: Кіборги, romanized: Kiborhy) are Ukrainian servicemen who participated in defense of Donetsk International Airport during the war in eastern Ukraine (26 May 2014 – 22 January 2015), including fighting around the Donetsk International Airport (DIAP) and participants in breakthroughs to help defenders.
Numerous examples from mass culture and non-fiction cyborgs are described as people with artificially enhanced physical or mental abilities: they tend to have excessive power, heightened sense, a computer brain, or a built-in weapon.
[2] The word cyborg, referring to defenders of Donetsk airport, was first used in September 2014 by an unknown pro-Russian militant.
[citation needed] As of 26 November, the 81st separate mechanized brigade was included in the combat forces in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation.
[citation needed] As a result of regular peace talks, an agreement was reached on a complete ceasefire in the anti-terrorist operation zone starting at 10:00 on 9 December 2014.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office classifies such acts as a violation of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
On 27 January, the Armed Forces recaptured part of the airport to retrieve the bodies of seven dead soldiers.
[14] In March 2015, on the territory of the new terminal, Ukrainian prisoners under the escort of armed militia cleared the debris and retrieved the bodies of their dead comrades.
[15] 19 October 2014 Oleksandr Turchynov, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, awarded nine Ukrainian soldiers defending the Donetsk Airport with commemorative engraved "Named Pistols".
After the enemy retained control of about 150 kilometers of the state border in May, the maintenance of airports was no longer a deterrent to Russian aggression.
Despite the retreat of the last defenders directly from the territory of the Donetsk airport, positions of the Ukrainian forces pass in close proximity to it, and therefore fighting of various intensity proceeded there for a long time.
Funeral and commemorative events are held on this day, including with the participation of senior government officials.
