title: Combat in the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation) Zone in September—December 2014
abstract: The article analyzes military and political events in eastern Ukraine in September–December 2014, considers tactical miscalculations of ATO headquarters. It is noted that since September 2014, ATO forces have been significantly limited in their actions by the President and the Government of Ukraine, who justified their prohibitions by the Minsk Protocol. Despite the fact that the dubious “Minsk Memorandum” was de facto thwarted by pro-Russian terrorists in early October 2014, Ukrainian military 
journal: Ukrainian Studies