Novodonetske (; ) is a rural settlement in the

Volnovakha Raion Volnovakha Raion ( uk, Волноваський район, ) is one of the 18 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is located in the city of Volnov ...

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 ...

( province) of eastern Ukraine.

History

The village was occupied by

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during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. On 5 September 2023, during the

2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive In early June 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive against Russian forces occupying its territory with a long-term goal of breaching the frontlines. Efforts were made in many directions, primarily ...

, after several days of artillery preparations the Ukrainian Armed Forces made an attempt to break through Russian defense lines north of the village, using a large number of armored vehicles. The 37th Separate Marine Brigade made an amphibious landing across the Shaitanka river, and struck directly at the Russian fortifications.

Demographics

In the

2001 Ukrainian census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

, the village was reported to have a population of 327 people, of whom 80.12% spoke

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and 19.88% spoke Russian.

References

Rural settlements in Volnovakha Raion Staromlynivka rural hromada {{Donetsk-geo-stub