Urozhaine, Donetsk Oblast
Urozhaine
Урожайне | |
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Rural settlement | |
 Memorial in Urozhaine to commemorate Soviet soldiers fighting in World War II | |
  Urozhaine Location of Urozhaine within Donetsk Oblast  Urozhaine Urozhaine (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°44′55″N 36°49′09″E / 47.74861°N 36.81917°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Raion | Volnovakha |
| Hromada | Velyka Novosilka |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 1,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 85550 |
| Area code | +380 6243 |
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Urozhaine (Ukrainian: Урожайне, pronounced [ʊroˈʒɑjne]; Russian: Урожайное, romanized: Urozhaynoye; both lit. 'of the harvest')[1] is a rural settlement in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on the opposite side of the Mokri Yaly river from the village of Staromaiorske. It belongs to the Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada.[2]
History
[edit] | This section appears to be slanted towards recent events. (July 2024) |
On 17 July 2020, according to the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada "On the Formation and Liquidation of Districts", the village was included in the Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion. Until 2020, it was part of the Velyka Novosilka Raion.[3][4][5]
Russian invasion of Ukraine
[edit]Urozhaine was occupied by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[6] During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, it was one of several settlements that saw heavily concentrated fighting as it was seen as a point of great strategic value.[7] Ukrainian forces entered the settlement on 10 August 2023[8] and the 35th Marine Brigade together with 38th Separate Marine Brigade, together with other Ukrainian defence forces, fully liberated it on 16 August, according to Ukraine; footage geolocated by CNN showed soldiers raising the Ukrainian flag near a memorial for Soviet troops fighting in the Second World War.[9][10]
On 28 December 2023, Russian state-controlled sources claimed that the Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion had engaged Ukrainian forces near Urozhaine.[11]
On 8 May 2024, it was reported that Russian forces have re-entered Urozhaine and have advanced up to central parts of the village.[12] It was recaptured by Russia around 13 July.[13][14] On 18 July, Ukrainian authorities confirmed that their forces had withdrawn from the village, claiming that while they had killed several hundred Russian soldiers, their defensive positions had been destroyed, along with the village itself.[15]
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2001 census, Urozhaine has a population of 1,000. 57.4% of residents were native Ukrainian speakers, 42.1% were native Russian speakers, 0.2% were native Armenian speakers, 0.1% were native Belarusian speakers, 0.1% were native Bulgarian speakers, and 0.1% were native Greek speakers.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ Shmigel, Pete. "Urozhaine: Ukraine's Counter-Offensive 'Harvests' 10th Important Outpost". Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ "Урожайне - Донецька область". decentralization.gov.ua. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ "ShieldSquare Captcha". www.kmu.gov.ua. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ^ Автор. "Урожайне - Донецька область". Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ^ "Ukraine Makes 'Tactically Significant' Progress in Its Counteroffensive". New York Times. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Axe, David. "To March On Mariupol, Ukrainian Marines First Have To Break Urozhaine". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 10, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Said-Moorhouse, Lauren; Stambaugh, Alex; Nechyporenko, Kostan (16 August 2023). "Ukraine reclaims village in Donetsk region from Russian troops amid grueling counteroffensive". CNN News. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Вікторія Хмілевська (2023-08-16). "У МІНОБОРОНИ ПІДТВЕРДИЛИ ЗВІЛЬНЕННЯ УРОЖАЙНОГО". Дзеркало тижня (in Ukrainian).
- ^ "Russia has deployed battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war to frontline - ISW". 30 December 2023.
- ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 8, 2024". Institute for Study of War. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ Wolkov, Nicole; Evans, Angelica; Bailey, Riley; Harward, Christina; Kagan, Frederick W. (13 July 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 13, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "The enemy occupied Urozhayne and advanced near Oleksandropol, Novoselivka Persha and in Makiivka. Fighting continues in Zalizne and Klishchiyivka". DeepStateMap.Live. 13 July 2024.
- ^ Mazurenko, Alona (2024-07-18). "Ukrainian defenders withdraw from Urozhaine, Donetsk Oblast". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". database.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
