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Spirne

Coordinates: 48°48′25″N 38°14′46″E / 48.807°N 38.246°E / 48.807; 38.246
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Spirne
Спі́рне
Spirne is located in Donetsk Oblast
Spirne
Spirne
Location of Spirne within Donetsk Oblast
Spirne is located in Ukraine
Spirne
Spirne
Spirne (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°48′25″N 38°14′46″E / 48.807°N 38.246°E / 48.807; 38.246
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk
RaionBakhmut
HromadaSoledar
Elevation
174 m (571 ft)
Population
 • Total79
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
84541
Area code+380 6274

Spirne (Ukrainian: Спі́рне; Russian: Спорное; lit. "disputed") is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Soledar urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

A gas compression station and farm are located in the settlement, and the Mount Vesuvius Nature Reserve is located nearby.

History

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Russo-Ukrainian War

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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In July 2022, during and after the Battle of Siversk, the settlement was a site of heavy fighting between Russia and Ukraine.[2][3] It was contested by Russia between August and September of 2022, but was not captured by Russia during that period.[4][5] It was again contested between late December 2023 and late June – early July 2024. Russian forces reached the eastern outskirts of the settlement on December 27, 2023.[6] The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed their forces to have seized the village on June 30,[7] and this was confirmed by the Institute for the Study of War on 19 July through the capture of the village to the northwest, Ivano-Daryivka, on 17 July.[8]

Demographics

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As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 79 inhabitants, whose native languages were 70.00% Ukrainian and 30.00% Russian.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  2. ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 12". Institute for the Study of War. 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 15". Institute for the Study of War. 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 17". Institute for the Study of War. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022. Russian troops also reportedly conducted a ground attack near Spirne, about 20km southeast of Siversk.
  5. ^ Stepanenko, Kateryna; Lawlor, Katherine; Mappes, Grace; Barros, George; Kagan, Frederick W. (15 September 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2023. Both Ukrainian and Russian official sources confirmed fighting in Spirne (east of Siversk)
  6. ^ Evans, Angelica; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Wolkov, Nicole; Bailey, Riley; Barros, George; Kagan, Frederick W. (27 December 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 27, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023. Geolocated footage published on December 27 indicates that Russian forces advanced closer to the eastern outskirts of Spirne (northeast of Bakhmut)
  7. ^ Mappes, Grace; Barros, George; Bailey, Riley; Hird, Karolina; Wolkov, Nicole (3 July 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 3, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  8. ^ Bailey, Riley; Evans, Angelica; Wolkov, Nicole; Harward, Christina; Barros, George; Gasparyan, Davit (19 July 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 19, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 19 July 2024.