Ocheretyne
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Ocheretyne
Очеретине | |
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 Ocheretyne Train Station | |
  Ocheretyne .svg) Ocheretyne | |
| Coordinates: 48°14′34″N 37°36′38″E / 48.24278°N 37.61056°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 3,378 |
| Time zone | UTC 2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 3 (EEST) |
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Ocheretyne (Ukrainian: Очеретине) is a rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Ocheretyne settlement hromada.[1] Its population is approximately 3,378 (2022 estimate).[2] Since 2024, it has been occupied by Russia.
History
[edit]Ocheretyne was founded in 1880 in connection with constructing a railway and a station.
169 villagers fought against Nazi German soldiers on the fronts of World War II, of whom 78 died on the battlefield, and 121 were awarded orders and medals. Two monuments were erected on the graves of soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from Nazi occupation. A memorial plaque was also erected in honor of them.[3]
On 9 December 2014, following the events surrounding the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's national parliament, moved Yasynuvata Raion's administration buildings and government to вул. Першотравнева 12, (English: 12 May Day Street) in Ocheretyne, which is near the H20 highway, about 35 km north-northwest of Donetsk.[4][5] As a result, Ocheretyne was the de facto administrative center of the raion until it was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government.[6][7]
Battle of Ocheretyne
[edit]During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian military forces captured the city of Avdiivka on 17 February 2024, located southeast of Ocheretyne. On 14–16 April 2024, Russian forces advanced northwards towards Ocheretyne, resulting in a two week-long battle.[8] Quickly entering from the southern direction, intense clashes were reported ongoing near the train station on 21 April, with Russia controlling more than 30% of the settlement by 22 April after Ukraine's 115th Mechanized Brigade reportedly fled their front line positions without permission. Despite the 47th Mechanized Brigade deploying reserves in the area, Ocheretyne was reportedly captured by Russian forces on 28 April 2024.[9][10][11] The capture of the village was attributed to a rotational error by Ukrainian military commanders that left the sector mostly undefended and led to Russian forces advancing five kilometers.[12][13]
The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed the capture of Ocheretyne on 5 May 2024.[14]
Demographics
[edit]Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[15]
- Russian 54.52%
- Ukrainian 44.67%
- Armenian 0.25%
- Romani 0.22%
- German 0.07%
- Belarusian 0.05%
- Polish and Romanian 0.02%
References
[edit]- ^ Bida, Olesya (27 July 2020). Новое районирование Украины. Куда теперь ехать за справкой и как будут распределяться деньги [New zoning of Ukraine. Where to go now to get a certificate and how the money will be distributed]. Hromadske (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Історія міст і сіл Української РСР. Донецька область. — К.: Головна редакція УРЕ АН УРСР, 1970
- ^ Laws of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No. 32-VIII: Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Донецької області, зміну і встановлення меж Волноваського, Новоазовського та Тельманівського районів Донецької області (On the changes in the administrative and territorial structure of Donetsk Oblast, changing and defining the boundaries of the Volnovakha, Novoazovsk and Telmanove Raions of Donetsk Oblast). Adopted on 11 December 2014. (Ukrainian)
- ^ "In the Donetsk Oblast three district centers removed from the territory seized by militants". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 8 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Russian forces advance towards Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast – DeepState interactive map".
- ^ "Russian Ground Forces Advance to Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast, Signaling Front-Wide Collapses". The Atlas News. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Barnes, Joe (24 April 2024). "Russian troops advance five miles after Ukrainians left front line unmanned". The Telegraph.
- ^ Harding, Luke; Sabbagh, Dan (23 April 2024). "Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Barnes, Joe (24 April 2024). "Russian troops advance five miles after Ukrainians left front line unmanned". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Russia takes control of Ocheretyne village in Ukraine's east -defence ministry". Reuters. 5 May 2024.
- ^ Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua Archived 31 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine