Novoselivka Druha ( uk, Новоселівка Друга; russian: link=no, Новосёловка Вторая) is a village in

Yasynuvata Raion Yasynuvata Raion ( uk, Ясинуватський район, ) was one of the administrative raions (a ''district'') of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the city of Yasynuvata, which ...

(

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) 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

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, at 25.4 km north 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

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, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. One Ukrainian serviceman was killed at the village on 24 January 2015, another soldier was wounded on 4 September 2017. On 4 July 2022, the village was captured by the Russian forces during the

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at the

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Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 131 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область
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— 28.24% *Russian — 71.76%

References

Villages in Pokrovsk Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub