The airfield was captured by pro-Russian forces during the early phases of the War in Donbas in 2014.

On 15 April 2014 the airfield was recaptured by the Ukrainian military.

[3][4] On 10 June 2014 the Ukrainian military claimed that about 40 pro-Russian fighters were killed in a 3-hour battle.

[5] As a result of shelling, that was carried by pro-Russian forces on 10 February 2015 ten people were injured at the military base.

[6] The airfield was among the first military bases bombarded in the early hours of 24 February 2022, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.