Yasynuvata ( uk, Ясинува́та, ; russian: Ясиноватая — Yasinovataya) is a city 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 ...

(

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) of south-eastern

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. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. It also serves as the

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of the

Yasynuvata Raion Yasynuvata Raion ( uk, Ясинуватський район, ) was one of the administrative raions (a ''district'') of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the city of Yasynuvata, whic ...

, though it does not belong to the raion. It is located 21 km from

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...

, the administrative center of the Donetsk Oblast. Yasynuvata is a large railway crossroad. Its population is approximately .

History

Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and cities across in Donetsk and Luhansk Districts; including Yasynuvata. On 17 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly took the city from the pro-Russian separatists. But fighting for control of the city continued. On 19 August Ukrainian troops claimed they were clearing Yasynuvata of remaining separatist forces after its victory ("conducting a mopping-up operation"). Ukrainian military was forced to retreat from the town in mid-September 2014, and since then the Government of Ukraine have recognised it to be under Russian occupation. On 30 September 2022, Russian Federation unilateraly annexed Yasynuvata with other areas of Donetsk Oblast that are under Russian military occupation. Due to the war situation railway operation has ceased in 2014. According to the

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the area between Yasynuvata and neighboring

Ukrainian army The Ukrainian Ground Forces ( uk, Сухопу́тні військá Збрóйних сил Украї́ни), also known as the Ukrainian Army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They w ...

controlled Avdiivka is one of the hotspots of the

War in Donbass War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

.Over half of Donbas truce breaches observed in Yasynuvata, Avdiyivka, Donetsk airport

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(5 August 2016)

Demographics

As of the

2001 Ukrainian census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

: ;Ethnicity * Ukrainians: 68.9% * Russians: 28.7% * Belarusians: 0.6% * Armenians: 0.4%

Notable people

* Mykola Skrypnyk *

Iryna Dovhan Iryna Dovhan ( uk, Ірина Володимирівна Довгань; born 25 January 1962) is a Ukrainian activist and a native of Yasynuvata (a Donetsk suburb), who was abducted in 2014 by pro-Russian insurgents of the Vostok Battalion. She ...

Nikolai Gritsenko Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko (russian: Николай Олимпиевич Гриценко, uk, Микола Олімпійович Гриценко; 24 July 1912 – 8 December 1979) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He ap ...

References

External links

Yasynuvata city administration website

Yasynuvata city portal
Cities in Donetsk Oblast Yekaterinoslav Governorate Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Russian Empire Donetsk Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub