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Urozhaine
Урожайне | |
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Rural settlement | |
Coordinates: 47°44′55″N 36°49′09″E / 47.74861°N 36.81917°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Donetsk |
Raion | Volnovakha |
Hromada | Velyka Novosilka |
Population (
2001) | |
• Total | 1,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Postal code | 85550 |
Area code | +380 6243 |
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Urozhaine ( Ukrainian: Урожайне, pronounced [ʊroˈʒɑjne]; Russian: Урожайное, romanized: Urozhaynoye; both lit. 'of the harvest') [1] is a rural settlement in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on the opposite side of the Mokri Yaly river from the village of Staromaiorske. It belongs to the Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [2]
On 17 July 2020, according to the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada "On the Formation and Liquidation of Districts", the village was included in the Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion. Until 2020, it was part of the Velyka Novosilka Raion. [3] [4] [5]
Urozhaine was occupied by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [6] During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, it was one of several settlements that saw heavily concentrated fighting as it was seen as a point of great strategic value. [7] Ukrainian forces entered the settlement on 10 August [8] and the 35th Marine Brigade together with 38th Separate Marine Brigade fully liberated it on 16 August 2023. [9] [10]
On 28 December 2023, Russian state-controlled sources claimed that the Bogdan Khmelnitsky Battalion had engaged Ukrainian forces near Urozhaine. [11]
On 8 May 2024, it was reported that Russian forces have re-entered Urozhaine and have advanced up to central parts of the village. [12]
According to the 2001 census, Urozhaine has a population of 1,000. 57.4% of residents were native Ukrainian speakers, 42.1% were native Russian speakers, 0.2% were native Armenian speakers, 0.1% were native Belarusian speakers, 0.1% were native Bulgarian speakers, and 0.1% were native Greek speakers. [13]