Pikuzy ( uk, Пікузи; russian: link=no, Пикузы), also called Kominternove, is a village in Mariupol Raion ( district) in

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of eastern Ukraine, at about 23 km

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from Mariupol and at about the same distance WNW from Novoazovsk. The

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has brought along both civilian and military casualties. As of 15 October 2015 the village was reportedly in a so-called "grey zone". But since 22 December 2015 it is controlled by the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...

.Pikuzy residents demand that Russian mercenaries leave village
UNIAN (3 October 2017) On 1 October 2017 residents of Pikuzy gave the observers of the OSCE mission in Ukraine a letter also addressed to the United Nations and the Red Cross requesting for the immediate withdrawal of armed men and of weapons from residential areas of the village.

Demographics

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30.20% *Russian 69.14% *

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0.33%

References

Villages in Mariupol Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub