Vasylivka ( uk, Василівка; russian: link=no, Василевка) is a village in
Pokrovsk Raion (
district) 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 Ukraine, north-northeast from the centre of
Donetsk city.
The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces (the
DPR) during the
War in Donbass, that started in 2014.
Demographics
In 2001, the settlement had 371 inhabitants. Native language distribution as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
*
Ukrainian: 29.92%
*Russian: 70.08%
References
Villages in Pokrovsk Raion
Ocheretyne settlement hromada
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