Kamianske () is a village ( selo) of Ukraine, in

Vasylivka Raion Vasylivka Raion () is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Vasylivka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...

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. Its population is 2,054. Until 1945 its name was Yanchekrak ().

History

The village of Yanchekrak was founded in the 1790s on the location of a former Cossack winter homestead by people who were originally from Petrivka in

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and was named after the nearby . By 1866 the population had risen to 2,020 people. On the eve of

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the village consisted of 635 homesteads with 4,778 inhabitants. The

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estimates that at least 371 villagers of Kamianske died in the

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. On March 13, 2015, a monument to

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was demolished in the village.

2022 Russian invasion

By March 2022, Kamianske was near the front line of the southern theatre during the

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, and had become the site of prisoner exchanges including that of

Melitopol Melitopol is a city and municipality in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southeastern Ukraine. It is situated on the Molochna River, which flows through the eastern edge of the city into the Molochnyi Lyman estuary. Melitopol is the second-largest city ...

mayor Ivan Fedorov. By May, trenches had been dug near Kamianske. On 4 September 2023 the

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were able to gain a foothold in the southern part of the city due to Russian troops abandoning their positions. About 80% of the village was reported to be under the control of the Ukrainian forces. In October 2024, combat around Kamianske renewed as Russian forces advanced, both near Kamianske and the adjacent Plavni, following a reported unsuccessful Ukrainian attack. The village was captured by Russian forces in July 2025.

References

Villages in Vasylivka Raion {{Zaporizhzhia-geo-stub