Vesele (; ) is a village in

Donetsk Raion Donetsk Raion (; ) is a prospective raion (district) of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was formally created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is in the city of Donetsk. Population: M ...

(

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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 ...

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, at 9.2 km NW from the centre of

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

city. It is designated administratively as part of

Yasynuvata urban hromada Yasynuvata urban hromada () is a prospective hromada of Ukraine, located in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Yasynuvata. The hromada contains 7 settlements: 1 city ( Yasynuvata), 3 villages ( Spartak, Vesele, ...

. The settlement borders from north with a

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of the former Donetsk airport.

History

Russo-Ukrainian War

War in Donbas

The village was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the

War in Donbas The war in Donbas, or the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war Timeline of the war in Donbas (2014), began in April 2014, when Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, Russian para ...

, that started in 2014. During the

Second Battle of Donetsk Airport The Second Battle of Donetsk Airport was an engagement between the Ukrainian military and Russian military and its proxy forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during the War in Donbas. An earlier battle in May 2014 had left Donet ...

this village was contested by the Ukrainian government, but DPR forces kept them back.

Demographics

In 2001 the village had 569 inhabitants. Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: * Ukrainian: 54.4% *Russian: 35.4% *others: 0.7%

References

Villages in Donetsk Raion Yasynuvata urban hromada {{Donetsk-geo-stub