Pokrovsk Raion
Pokrovsk Raion (; ) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. It has an area of and its population is approximately
An architectural monument in the raion is the Petropavlovs'ka Chu ...
,
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 ...
,
Ukraine
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. It serves as the administrative center of
Novohrodivka urban hromada
Novohrodivka urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Novohrodivka.
It has an area of and a population of 19,380, as of 2020.
The hromada contains 15 settlements ...
. The city had a pre-war population of The city has been under Russian occupation since August 2024.
It is located from
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 ...
and from
Selydove
Selydove (, ; ), formerly Selydivka (; ), is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located in the western part of the region, on the Solona River (a tributary of the Vovcha, Dnieper basin). It is the administrative cente ...
.
History
The settlement was founded in 1939 as ''Hrodivka'' with the construction of a coal mine. The settlement was occupied by
Nazi Germany
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from October 1941 to September 1943 during
World War II
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.
Novohrodivka received city status and its modern name in 1958.
In 2020, Novohrodivka became part of
Pokrovsk Raion
Pokrovsk Raion (; ) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. It has an area of and its population is approximately
An architectural monument in the raion is the Petropavlovs'ka Chu ...
and the administrative center of the newly formed
Novohrodivka urban hromada
Novohrodivka urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Novohrodivka.
It has an area of and a population of 19,380, as of 2020.
The hromada contains 15 settlements ...
.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
The city has repeatedly come under Russian strikes 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 ...
, causing damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties. In August 2024, amidst recent Russian advances in the area near Novohrodivka, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration ordered the evacuation of 744 children and their families from the city.
On 16 August, during the ongoing
Pokrovsk offensive
The Pokrovsk offensive is an ongoing military operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces with the primary goal of capturing the strategic city of Pokrovsk in western Donetsk Oblast. Fighting increased with the Ru ...
, Russia was reportedly attempting to storm the city. By 19 August, the population had reportedly decreased to 1,500. On 22 August, Russian forces entered the city from the east. By 27 August, Russian forces occupied almost the entirety of the city, and by 28 August were widely reported to have fully captured it.