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105th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukraine)
The 105th Territorial Defense Brigade () is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine), Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine in Ternopil Oblast. It is part of Operational Command West. History Formation The brigade was formed on 27 June 2018 in Ternopil Oblast. On 2 August in Borshchiv, over 200 reservists were gathered for training. In November a recruitment drive was organized to fill the brigade's ranks. In February and March 2019 the brigade held readiness exercises. Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine On 4 March, Ternopil Oblast governor Volodymyr Trush announced that the brigade was at its full strength. Its soldiers were tasked with defense of critical infrastructure, manning roadblocks and helping postal workers deliver pensions. In early March 2022, the 105th Brigade was ordered to form a consolidated battalion to be deployed into combat operations. It was initially planned that one company would be sent from each of the brigade' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Reserve Force
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve forces are generally considered part of a permanent standing body of armed forces, and allow a nation to reduce its peacetime military expenditures and maintain a force prepared for war. During peacetime, reservists typically serve part-time alongside a civilian job, although most reserve forces have a significant permanent full-time component as well. Reservists may be deployed for weeks or months-long missions during peacetime to support specific operations. During wartime, reservists may be kept in service for months or years at a time, although typically not for as long as active duty soldiers. In countries with a volunteer military, reserve forces maintain military skills by training periodically (typically one weeken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozacha Lopan
Kozacha Lopan (, ; ) is a rural settlement in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Lopan in the drainage basin of the Don, about from the border with Russia. Kozacha Lopan belongs to Derhachi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Until 18 July 2020, Kozacha Lopan belonged to Derhachi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Derhachi Raion was merged into Kharkiv Raion. In March 2022, after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the settlement was occupied by the Russian army. As part of the invasion, Russian forces shelled residential areas in Kozacha Lopan. On 11 September, the local authorities reported that the Ukrainian army had recaptured Kozacha Lopan. Until 26 January 2024, Kozacha Lopan was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk (, ; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significance. Since October 2014, Kramatorsk has been the provisional seat of Donetsk Oblast, following the events surrounding the war in Donbas. Its population is It is an important industrial and mechanical engineering center in Ukraine. Kramatorsk is on the banks of the Kazennyi Torets, a right tributary of the Siverskyi Donets. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kramatorsk has been hit by Russian shelling multiple times. Etymology According to Doctor of Philology Yevhen Otin from Dnipro who specializes in onomastics, the name of the city comes from a toponymic phrase that has not been preserved: ''Krom Torov'' or ''Krom Torskaya'' 'border along the Tor River'. The word ''kroma'' means 'edge, frontier, border', and ''Tor'' is the old name for the Kazennyi Torets River. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloviansk
Sloviansk is a city in Donetsk Oblast, northern part of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The city was known as ''Tor'' until 1784. While it did not actually belong to the raion itself, Sloviansk served as the administrative center of the Sloviansk Raion (district) until its abolition on 18 July 2020. Sloviansk was one of the focal points in the early stages of the war in Donbas, in 2014, as it was one of the first cities to be seized and controlled by Russian-backed rebels (separatists), in mid-April 2014. Ukrainian forces then retook control of the city in July 2014, and since then, Sloviansk has been under Ukrainian control. The 2001 population of Sloviansk was 141,066. Largely due to the ongoing war in Donbas, by early 2022 this was down to 105,141. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city's population fell markedly, to around 24,000 by July 2022, due to shelling, and ongoing war, according to Ukrainian authorities. In April 2023, The Financial Times est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siversk Front Of The Russo-Ukrainian War
Siversk (, ; ), formerly known as Yama () until 1973, is a city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its economy has traditionally been based around the mining and processing of dolomite. In January 2022, it had an estimated population of During the Russo-Ukrainian War, it has been a site of repeated fighting, accelerating the economic and demographic downturn the city has suffered since the 1990s. The fighting for the city during the 2022 battle of Donbas of the Russian invasion of Ukraine destroyed much of the city, and only about 1,000 people remain in the city as of July 2023. It is the administrative center of Siversk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Geography Siversk is located in the historical, cultural, and economic Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. It is located northeast of Bakhmut. Siversk lies at the bottom of a lowland, in a river valley, surrounded on all sides by smaller settlements. History Preceding settlements Archeologists have dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirne, Donetsk Oblast
Spirne (; ; lit. "disputed") is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Soledar urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. A gas compression station and farm are located in the settlement, and the Mount Vesuvius Nature Reserve is located nearby. History Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine In July 2022, during and after the Battle of Siversk, the settlement was a site of heavy fighting between Russia and Ukraine. It was contested by Russia between August and September 2022, but was not captured by Russia during that period. It was again contested between late December 2023 and late June – early July 2024. Russian forces reached the eastern outskirts of the settlement on December 27, 2023. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed their forces to have seized the village on June 30, and this was confirmed by the Institute for the Study of War on 19 July through the capture of the village to the northwest, Ivano-Daryivka, on 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast (; ), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (), is the easternmost Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the name ''Voroshilovgrad Oblast'' until 1958 and again from 1970 to 1991. It has a population of Important cities in Luhansk Oblast include Alchevsk, Antratsyt, Brianka, Kadiivka, Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Kirovsk, Krasnodon, Khrustalnyi, Luhansk, Lysychansk, Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast, Pervomaisk, Rovenky, Rubizhne, Sievierodonetsk and Sverdlovsk, Ukraine, Sverdlovsk. All of the oblast is in the Donbas region. In 2014, large parts of the oblast, including the capital Luhansk, came under the control of Russian-backed separatists who declared the Luhansk People's Republic, leading to a War in Donbas (2014–2022), war against Ukrainian government forces. Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the oblast has come almost entirely under Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilohorivka, Luhansk Oblast
Bilohorivka (, ; ) is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located in Lysychansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is located approximately northwest from the centre of Luhansk and west-south-west from Sievierodonetsk. In 2024 it was estimated that the village has no permanent residents left. Prior to its capture by Russian forces in February 2025, Bilohorivka was one of the few settlements in Luhansk Oblast which was still under the control of Ukrainian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. History Founding and early history Bilohorivka was founded in 1720, making it one of the oldest settlements in the Luhansk Oblast. The founders of the village were migrants from other governorates of the Russian Empire, particularly from Belgorodsky Uyezd of Kursk Governorate. This is where the original name of the village, ''Belhorodka'' (), came from. A documented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velyka Komyshuvakha
Velyka Komyshuvakha is a village ( selo) of Ukraine, in Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast. Velyka Komyshuvakha belongs to Barvinkove urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of 561. History During the Holodomor, 389 residents of the village died. On June 12, 2020, according to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 725-r "On Determining Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of Kharkiv Region," it became part of the Barvinkivska urban community. Until 18 July 2020, Velyka Komyshuvakha belonged to Barvinkove Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Barvinkove Raion was merged into Izium Raion. Velyka Komyshuvakha was occupied by Russian forces for over four months in 2022, including by units of the 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division. It was recaptured by the 93rd Battalion of Uk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobozhanshchyna Counteroffensive
On September 6, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive against the Russian military during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As Ukraine announced the start of the Kherson counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in late August, Ukrainian forces also began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. As the Ukrainian military broke through Russian defensive lines, it recaptured major cities in the matter of days. On September 7, the second day of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian military advanced over into Russian-held territory. The next day, Ukraine recaptured Balakliia and Shevchenkove as Russian forces withdrew and fled. On the 9th, Russia began announcing for evacuations in nearby areas as the Ukrainian military continued its advance. The next day, Ukraine retook the key cities of Izium and Kupiansk, securing access to the Oskil River. By the 11th, Ukraine has successfully advanced up to from the pre-coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izium
Izium or Izyum (, ; ) is a city on the Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine that serves as the administrative center of Izium Raion and Izium urban hromada. It is about southeast of the city of Kharkiv, the oblast's administrative center. Izium has a population of making it the second-most populous city in Kharkiv Oblast behind Kharkiv proper. It has held economic significance for centuries due to its position as a transportation link between Kharkiv and the Donbas region to the southeast. The area around Izium has been periodically inhabited since ancient times, but the modern city has its origins in a 17th-century fortress defending against Tatars, Tatar raids. Izium was the site of several battles during World War II, but still grew rapidly during the 20th century due to its importance as a transport hub. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces occupied the city in April 2022 after Battle of Izium, a battle that destroyed much of the city. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
