Bakhmut urban hromada
Bakhmut urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Bakhmut.
It was founded on 26 June, 2019, from the merger of local village councils in Bakhmut Raion. The hromada ha ...
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Bakhmut Raion
Bakhmut Raion (), known as Artemivsk Raion () between 1924 and 2016, is a raion (district) within the northeastern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Bakhmut. Its area is , and its population is approximately ...
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Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (, ), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 million residents. Its capital city, administrative centre is Donetsk, though d ...
, eastern
Ukraine
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. It lies between the larger village of
Klishchiivka
Klishchiivka, known as Karlivka until 1945, is a village in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located about north by east ( NbE) of the centre of Donetsk and about south-southwest ( SSW) of Bakhmut, it also belongs to Bakh ...
to the north and the rural settlement of Kurdiumivka to the south. Andriivka had a population of 74 in 2001. It was completely destroyed during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
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''2,000 meters to Andriivka'' is a documentary film about the war resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
History
Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 30 November 2022,
Russian forces
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2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
In early June 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine launched a Counter-offensive, counteroffensive against Russian forces Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, occupying its territory with a goal of breaching the front lines ...
in the first week of July, Ukrainian troops were able to break through Russian defensive lines after a 10-day battle. On 18 July 2023 they had seized an elevated position in nearby
Klishchiivka
Klishchiivka, known as Karlivka until 1945, is a village in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located about north by east ( NbE) of the centre of Donetsk and about south-southwest ( SSW) of Bakhmut, it also belongs to Bakh ...
and on 25 July the
3rd Assault Brigade
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade () is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022.
The brigade was established by a merger of the Azov SSO (Special Operations Forces (Ukraine), Special Operations Forces) units that had been create ...
entered the heavily mined village of Andriivka, forcing the ChechenAkhmat Battalion to flee from both settlements.
On 15 September 2023, the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade retook the area. According to
Hanna Maliar
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the Russian troops were encircled, separated from the main forces, and destroyed. The 3rd Assault Brigade's
Telegram
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channel claimed it eliminated the intelligence chief of the Russian 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, as well as three battalion commanders, and nearly all of the infantry. During the battles the village had been completely destroyed.
On 23 May 2024, Russian forces claimed to have recaptured Andriivka. On 18 February 2025 Ukrainian sources confirmed that.
Demographics
According to the
2001 Ukrainian census
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Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
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