Nevelske Explained

Nevelske
Native Name:Невельське
Native Name Lang:uk
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:283
Population As Of:2001 census
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Nevelske within Ukraine
Coordinates:48.0611°N 37.5761°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:86051
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 6236
Elevation M:199
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Pokrovsk Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Ocheretyne
Pushpin Relief:y
Module:
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:14
Height:280
Stroke-Width:1

Nevelske (Ukrainian: Невельське; Russian: link=no|Невельское|Nevelskoye) is a settlement in Yasynuvata Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 17.35km (10.78miles) west by north (WbN) from the centre of Donetsk city. Nevelske belongs to Ocheretyne settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

History

Russo-Ukrainian War

War in Donbas

The War in Donbass, which lasted from mid-April 2014 until the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, brought both civilian and military casualties. Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and two others were wounded in action at Nevelske on 8 November 2014.[1] Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded at Nevelske on 16 December 2016, and another was killed by shelling at a Ukrainian army position near the settlement.[2] [3] On 14 November 2021 nine houses were damaged due to the shelling of Nevelske. Three days later seven houses were damaged, destroying two of them.[4]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 12 March 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the full capture of Nevelske by Russian forces,[5] later on the settlement was referred to as a "grey zone".

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 283 inhabitants. Their native languages were 83.92% Russian and 16.08% Ukrainian.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Силы АТО потеряли двух военных в бою возле н.п. Невельское . . 8 November 2014 . 8 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Сводные данные АТО - 17 декабря . Summary information on ATO as of 17 December . . 17 December 2016 . 17 December 2016 . ru .
  3. Web site: 6 April 2021 . uk:На Донеччині загинули двоє українських військових . Two Ukrainian servicemen killed in Donetsk region . https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3222371-na-doneccini-zaginuli-dvoe-ukrainskih-vijskovih.html . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210415154402/https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3222371-na-doneccini-zaginuli-dvoe-ukrainskih-vijskovih.html . 15 April 2021 . 31 May 2021 . ukinform.ua . uk . Внаслідок обстрілу українських позицій російськими найманцями поблизу населеного пункту Невельське, що на Донеччині, загинув український військовий. Ще один захисник загинув поблизу Степного через підрив на невідомому вибуховому пристрої. [Translated: A Ukrainian serviceman was killed as a result of shelling of Ukrainian positions by Russian mercenaries near the town of Nevelske in the Donetsk region. Another defender was killed near Stepny by an unknown explosive device.] . Ukrinform.
  4. News: Russia-occupation forces again shelling Nevelske village in Donbas, damage seven houses, destroy two of them. Interfax-Ukraine. 17 November 2021.
  5. News: Russia Says Captured Village In Ukraine's Donetsk Region. 2024-03-12. Barrons.