Krymske ( uk, Кримське; russian: link=no, Крымское) is a village in Shchastia Raion (

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) in

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of eastern

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, at about 50 km NW from the centre of

Luhansk Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). A ...

city. The village is situated on the right bank of the

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. In the current

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the village was liberated from separatist control on 20 October 2014. Since then the village is regularly shelled by forces loyal to the

Luhansk People's Republic The Luhansk or Lugansk People's Republic (russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика, Luganskaya Narodnaya Respublika, ; abbreviated as LPR or LNR, rus, ЛНР) is a disputed entity created by Russian-backed ...

. Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and another two were wounded in a skirmish between the warring parties that took place at Krymske on 28 July 2018. Four Ukrainian servicemen were killed and six others were wounded in a 3-hour skirmish that started on 23 August 2018 at around 6:00 am. On February 18, 2020, Russian-backed separatists launched an attack near Krymske, attempting to overrun an entrenched Ukrainian position, in the first such attack in two years. The attack killed one Ukrainian soldier, and injured four others.

Demographics

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87.48% * Russian 12.52%

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Shchastia Raion Slavyanoserbsky Uyezd {{Luhansk-geo-stub Villages in Shchastia Raion Populated places established in 1725