Claim: Donetsk International Airport accommodated the most passengers in 2013 but was closed the following year due to the War in Donbass, an armed conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine.
Evidence: Donetsk Sergei Prokofiev International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Донецьк") (IATA: DOK, ICAO: UKCC) is a nonoperational airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that was destroyed in 2014 during the War in Donbass. The airline Donbassaero had its head office located at the airport, but ceased operations in January 2013. 2013 1,110,400 2014 0346,700 (closed due to the War in Donbass) The War in Donbass is an armed conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine, part of the Ukrainian crisis and the broader Russo-Ukrainian War. From the beginning of March 2014, in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the Euromaidan movement, protests by Russia-backed anti-government separatist groups took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, collectively called the "Donbass". The ceasefire completely collapsed in January 2015, with renewed heavy fighting across the conflict zone, including at Donetsk International Airport and at Debaltseve.