Halytsynivka ( uk, Галицинівка; russian: link=no, Галицыновка) is a village in
Pokrovsk Raion
Pokrovsk Raion ( uk, Покровський район, Pokrovskyi raion; russian: Покровский район, Pokrovsky rayon), is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. Its area i ...
(
district) in
Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
of eastern
Ukraine, at 36.2 km
WNW from the centre of
Donetsk city, on the banks of the
Vovcha River.
The
War in Donbass
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular ...
, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. Two Ukrainian servicemen were
killed near the village by shelling from "
Grad"
multiple rocket launchers on 3 February 2017.
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 1111 inhabitants. Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
*
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
— 73.18%
*Russian 26.73%
*
Greek — 0.09%
References
External links
Weather forecast for Halytsynivka
Villages in Pokrovsk Raion
Novohrodivka urban hromada
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