Halytsynivka

Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Halytsynivka Галицинівка
Village
48°06′02″N 37°26′45″E / 48.100556°N 37.445833°E / 48.100556; 37.445833
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Pokrovsk Raion
Hromada	Novohrodivka urban hromada
Founded	1888
Elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Population (2001 census)^[1]
• Total	1,111
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	85620
Area code	+380 6278
KATOTTH	UA14160170030017951

Halytsynivka (Ukrainian: Галицинівка; Russian: Галицыновка) is a village in Pokrovsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 36.2 kilometres (22.5 mi) west-northwest (WNW) from the centre of Donetsk city, on the banks of the Vovcha river.

History

Russo-Ukrainian War

The War in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, brought along both civilian and military casualties. Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed near the village by shelling from "Grad" multiple rocket launchers on 3 February 2017.^[2]

In early September 2024, the village was reportedly captured by Russia as part of the Pokrovsk offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 1111 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[1]

Ukrainian — 73.18%
Russian 26.73%
Greek — 0.09%

References

^ ^a ^b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ "Сводные данные АТО – 04 февраля" [Summary information on ATO as of 04 February] (in Russian). NSDC. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ Kagan, Frederick W.; Evans, Angelica; Wolkov, Nicole; Gasparyan, Davit; Mappes, Grace (3 September 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 3, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 3 September 2024. Geolocated footage published on September 3 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced into southwestern Halytsynivka (southeast of Pokrovsk), and ISW assesses that Russian forces have likely seized the settlement.