Nadiia () is a village in 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 ...
, located in
Kolomyichykha rural hromada
Kolomyichykha rural hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Svatove Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Its administrative center is the village of .
It has an area of and a population of 3,211, as of 2020.
The hromada contains 21 settlements, which ...
,
Svatove Raion
Svatove Raion () is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. the administrative center of the raion is the city of Svatove. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lu ...
,
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 n ...
. It has a population of 25.
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 ...
, the village was captured by Russian forces at some point. It was reportedly liberated by Ukrainian forces in October 2022. In August 2023, the Ukrainian military reported that Nadiia had been hit by Russian artillery strikes.
Over the course of the next two months the village would be heavily contested before being re-captured by Russian forces.
On March 23, 2025, Ukrainian forces of the
3rd Assault Brigade would again reportedly liberate the village after a years-long attrition campaign, with the Brigade spokesmen claiming that the fighting had rendered the Russian
752nd and
254th Motor Rifle Regiments combat ineffective due to their losses.
References
Villages in Svatove Raion
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