Dzerkalne Explained

Settlement Type:Rural settlement
Official Name:Dzerkalne
Native Name:Дзеркальне
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Donetsk Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Amvrosiivka urban hromada
Population Total:65
Population As Of:2001
Established Title:Founded
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
Coordinates:47.7947°N 38.2597°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Dfa

Dzerkalne (Ukrainian: Дзеркальне), or Zerkalnoye (Russian: Зеркальное), is a rural settlement in Amvrosiivka urban hromada, Donetsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, 39.9 kilometres south-east from Donetsk. Population: 65 (2001).

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine

During the Battle of Ilovaisk, on August 24, 2014, a column of the Russian 331st Airborne Regiment was hit by Ukrainian troops of the 51st Mechanized Brigade near the rural settlement Kuteinykove. Ten armed Russian paratroopers were captured later during the night near Dzerkalne, just a mile away from where the column was destroyed.[1] On the evening of August 25, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the capture.[2] Russia, however, said that the ten Russian soldiers, 20 kilometers from the Russian border, only entered Ukraine by mistake.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: КОГДА И КАК ВЗЯЛИ В ПЛЕН ДЕСЯТЬ РОССИЙСКИХ ДЕСАНТНИКОВ 24 АВГУСТА 2014 ГОДА?. Censor.net. ru-RU. When and how 10 Russian paratroopers were captured. 31 October 2016.
  2. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/russian-military-source-says-captured-soldiers-entered-ukraine-by-mistake-362066.html Russian military source says captured soldiers entered Ukraine by mistake
  3. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28934213 Captured Russian troops 'in Ukraine by accident'
  4. http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20140826/1021446691.html Источник: задержанные на Украине военные РФ случайно пересекли границу