Vesele ( uk, Веселе; russian: link=no, Весёлое) is a village in
Donetsk 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
Ukraine, at 9.2 km
NW from the centre of
Donetsk city. It is designated administratively as part of
Yasynuvata urban hromada. The settlement borders from north with a
runway of the
former Donetsk airport.
The village was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the
War in Donbass, that started in 2014.
Demographics
In 2001 the village had 569 inhabitants. Native language distribution as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
*
Ukrainian: 15.29%
*Russian: 84.18%
*
Armenian: 0.35%
References
Villages in Donetsk Raion
Yasynuvata urban hromada
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