Kodema ( uk, Кодема; russian: link=no, Кодема) is a village in
Bakhmut Raion (
district
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) in
Donetsk Oblast
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of eastern
Ukraine
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, at about
northeast by north
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from the centre of
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...
city.
The village came under attack by
Russian forces
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in 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
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Villages in Bakhmut Raion
Svitlodarsk urban hromada
