Druzhba () is a rural settlement in
Toretsk urban hromada
Toretsk urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Toretsk.
It has an area of and a population of 66,369, as of 2020.
The hromada contains 19 settlements: 2 cities ( ...
,
Bakhmut Raion
Bakhmut Raion (), known as Artemivsk Raion () between 1924 and 2016, is a raion (district) within the northeastern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Bakhmut. Its area is , and its population is approximately ...
,
Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (, ), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 million residents. Its capital city, administrative centre is Donetsk, though d ...
, eastern
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
.
History
Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 21 July 2023, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, Russian shelling killed two children and injured a woman in the settlement.
As part of a
renewed effort to capture Donetsk Oblast, the Russian Armed Forces gained a foothold within Druzhba as well as
other satellite settlements of
Toretsk
Toretsk (; ) is an industrial city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Toretsk urban hromada. As of January 2022, its population was approximately
It has its origins as the hamlet Shcher ...
and the
Niu-York urban area, as geolocated footage by
DeepState confirmed.
See also
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List of villages in Donetsk Oblast
There are approximately 963 villages () in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Villages are one of the smallest and most basic type of populated place in Ukraine, with the designation reserved by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, for settlements ...
References
{{Donetsk Oblast
Rural settlements in Bakhmut Raion
Toretsk urban hromada