Bahatyr Explained

Bahatyr (;) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

History

On 30 August 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Russian military shelled the village using the S-300 missile system, killing two civilians and wounding seven.^[1] ^[2] On 12 October 2023, the Russians again shelled the village using the Smerch anti-aircraft missile system, killing one child and injuring another child and a woman.^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1695 people. In terms of native language, 7.61% of them spoke Ukrainian, 90.97% spoke Russian and 1.18% spoke Greek.^[4]

References

47.9947°N 36.9383°W

Notes and References

Web site: 2023-09-03 . Армія рф вдарила ракетами по селу на Донеччині . 2023-09-03 . Слово і Діло . uk.
Web site: Росія з С-300 вдарила по Донеччині: двоє загиблих та семеро поранених . 2023-09-03 . www.unian.ua . uk.
Web site: 14 October 2023 . В поліції розкрили подробиці обстрілу села Богатир, в якому загинув 11-річний хлопчик . Суспільне.
Web site: Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150244/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_02_014&ti=19A050501_02_014.%20%D0%EE%E7%EF%EE%E4%B3%EB%20%ED%E0%F1%E5%EB%E5%ED%ED%FF%20%E7%E0%20%F0%B3%E4%ED%EE%FE%20%EC%EE%E2%EE%FE%2C%20%C4%EE%ED%E5%F6%FC%EA%E0%20%EE%E1%EB%E0%F1%F2%FC%20%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29&path=..%2FDatabase%2FCensus%2F05%2F01%2F&lang=1&multilang=uk . 5 March 2016 . 26 May 2022.