Yasynuvata (, ; , ) is a city in

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, eastern

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. It was incorporated as a city of oblast significance until the 2020 administrative reform. It also served as the

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of Yasynuvata Raion until it was dissolved in 2020. 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 ...

, the administrative center of the 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 has recognised it to be under Russian occupation. Due to the war situation railway operation has ceased in 2014. In 2016 the

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declared the area between Yasynuvata and neighboring

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controlled

Avdiivka Avdiivka (, ; , ) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located in the centre of the oblast, just north of the regional centre, Donetsk. The large Avdiivka Coke Plant is located in Avdiivka. The city had a population of before th ...

to be one of the hotspots of the War in Donbass.Over half of Donbas truce breaches observed in Yasynuvata, Avdiyivka, Donetsk airport

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(5 August 2016) On 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation unilaterally annexed Yasynuvata with other areas of Donetsk Oblast that are under Russian military occupation.

Demographics

As of the

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* Iryna Dovhan * Mykola Hrytsenko

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 Yasynuvata urban hromada {{Donetsk-geo-stub