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Pisky ( uk, Піски) is a village in
Pokrovsk Raion Pokrovsk Raion ( uk, Покровський район, Pokrovskyi raion; russian: Покровский район, Pokrovsky rayon), is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. Its area i ...
(
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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 about 10 km NW from the center 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 ...
and at about 2 km from the western border of Donetsk airfield. Before 2014, the village was a former wealthy suburb of Donetsk.The 93rd brigade: Part of the Red Army in WWII, it now fights against Russian-backed separatists
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It had a population of 2,160 in the 2001 census, but most residents left during the 2014–2022 war in Donbas.


History


Russo-Ukrainian War

In the
war in Donbas War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
the village switched hands many times (between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces).We Can Win After All
The Ukrainian Week (6 August 2015)
The village has been controlled by the
Ukrainian army The Ukrainian Ground Forces ( uk, Сухопу́тні військá Збрóйних сил Украї́ни), also known as the Ukrainian Army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They we ...
since 21 July 2014. According to an eyewitness, the
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captured the settlement that day on its own initiative. Commander of Dnipro Battalion's squadron 5 Volodymyr Shylov claims they then ignored orders to leave Pisky. Since then the village has come under daily attack from the separatists. Pisky was one of the hotspots of the
Second Battle of Donetsk Airport A part of the ongoing war in the Donbas region of Ukraine, the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport began on 28 September 2014. An earlier battle in May 2014 had left Donetsk International Airport in Ukrainian control. Despite a ceasefire agreem ...
, from September 2014 to January 2015.Shelling pierces ceasefire in Ukraine's ghost town of Pisky
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The conflict brought both civilian and military casualties to the village that had a population of 2,000 before the war in Donbas. In June 2015, only a dozen of the poorest civilians continued to live in Pisky, many of them shell-shocked and bearing injuries. By then, the village lay in ruins. On 27 August 2015 the village had six residents – according to observers of the
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Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.
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correspondent
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reported on 8 February 2016 that 18 people lived in Pisky.Return to the village on Ukraine's frontline
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In late July 2022, Pisky became a battleground in a renewed Russian offensive during the
Battle of Avdiivka The battle of Avdiivka was a battle in the war in Donbas near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine that was fought in late January and early February 2017. It saw some of the highest casualties during that phase of the conflict. According to th ...
. The
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 ...
(DPR) claimed on 5 August that it had taken the control of the village, while the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine rejected these early claims. On 10 August, Russian forces used
TOS-1 TOS-1 (russian: тяжёлая огнемётная система ОС-1}, Heavy Flamethrower System) is a Soviet 220 mm 30-barrel (original system, Object 634 or TOS-1M) or 24-barrel (Object 634B or TOS-1A) multiple rocket launcher capab ...
thermobaric weapons on Ukrainian positions in central Pisky. Meanwhile, Russian and DPR sources claimed that roughly 90 percent of Pisky had been captured. By 12 August, Russian sources claimed that Russian forces "controlled" the "situation" in Pisky, suggesting control of the village, though the Ukrainians did not confirm the loss of the front line settlement. Satellite imagery and combat footage posted online suggested the village had been "visibly leveled" by bombardment during the Russian assault. On August 14, 2022,
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Spokesman Lieutenant-General
Igor Konashenkov Lieutenant General Igor Yevgenyevich Konashenkov (russian: Игорь Евгеньевич Конашенков; born 15 May 1966) is a Russian military officer serving as the chief spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federa ...
stated that "as a result of offensive operations by the allied forces, the settlement of Peski in the Donetsk People’s Republic has been completely liberated." The Ukrainian military denied the village had been captured and insisted that clashes were ongoing, and on August 16 fighting was still ongoing. On August 26, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed that the village had been captured by the DPR. On August 31, 2022, the ISW announced that Russia had captured Pisky village in their Russian offensive campaign assessment.


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Media coverage


The elderly couple trapped on Ukraine's frontline
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, 9 February 2016 (video 2:16, ''in English/Russian'')
Return to the village on Ukraine's frontline
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, 8 February 2016 (video 4:49, ''in English/Russian'') {{Authority control Villages in Pokrovsk Raion