Novohrodivka Explained

Novohrodivka
Native Name:Новогродівка
Settlement Type:City
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Donetsk Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Pokrovsk Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Novohrodivka urban hromada
Coordinates:48.2°N 37.3394°W
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Novohrodivka
Population Total:14037
Population As Of:2022
Area Total Km2:6
Established Date:1939
Established Title:Founded
Blank Name:Climate
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Novohrodivka (pronounced as /uk/;) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Novohrodivka urban hromada. It is located from Donetsk and 7km (04miles) from Selydove.

The city had a pre-war population of The city has been under Russian occupation since 28 August 2024.[1]

History

The settlement was founded in 1939 as Hrodivka with the construction of a coal mine. The settlement was occupied by Nazi Germany from October 1941 to September 1943 during World War II.[2]

Novohrodivka received city status and its modern name in 1958.[2]

In 2020, Novohrodivka became part of Pokrovsk Raion and the administrative center of the newly formed Novohrodivka urban hromada.[2]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

See also: Pokrovsk offensive. The city has repeatedly come under Russian strikes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties.[3] [4] [5] In August 2024, amidst recent Russian advances in the area near Novohrodivka, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration ordered the evacuation of 744 children and their families from the city.[6]

On 16 August, during the ongoing Pokrovsk offensive, Russia was reportedly attempting to storm the city.[7] By 19 August, the population had reportedly decreased to 1,500.[8] On 22 August, Russian forces entered the city from the east.[9] By 27 August, Russian forces occupied almost the entirety of the city,[10] and by 28 August were widely reported to have fully captured it.[11]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[12]

Ethnicity
Native language

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-09-03 . Officer of 59th Brigade comments on Ukrainian Armed Forces withdrawal from Novohrodivka . https://archive.ph/3Yh7b . 29 November 2024 . 2024-11-29 . . en.
  2. Web site: Biletska . L.M. . 2021 . uk:Новогродівка . Novohrodivka . https://esu.com.ua/article-73396 . 10 August 2024 . . uk .
  3. Web site: Reuters. 4 July 2024. Russian attacks kill two, wound 26 in Ukraine. Nine others, including four children, were wounded in a drone attack and shelling in the town of Novohrodivka, in the frontline Donetsk region, governor Vadym Filashkin said..
  4. Web site: Kyiv Independent. 6 December 2023. Update: 4th victim of Russian missile strike on Novohrodivka identified. Martin. Fornusek.
  5. Web site: Reuters. Russian missile strikes kill two, wound 10 in east Ukraine, Kyiv says. 30 November 2023.
  6. Web site: Al Jazeera. 5 August 2024. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 892.
  7. News: The New York Times. 16 August 2024. Russia Closes In on Key Eastern Ukrainian City Despite Kursk Incursion. Constant. Méheut. 16 August 2024. 18 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240818050125/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-pokrovsk-kursk.html. live.
  8. Web site: The situation with evacuation in Donetsk region is disappointing: people do not want to leave . unn.ua. 19 August 2024.
  9. Web site: DeepStateMap.Live. 22 August 2024. Ukrainian Defense Forces achieved success near Novovodyane. The enemy advanced near Novohrodivka, Zavitne, Toretsk and Ptyche..
  10. Web site: Donbas News. Війська Росії окупували два села і просунулися в Новогродвці на Донеччині – DeepState . uk. Russian troops occupied two villages and advanced in Novogorodvka in Donetsk region. 28 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Kyiv Post. 28 August 2024. Russia’s Donbas Offensive Rolls On Against Outgunned Ukrainian Troops. Stefan. Korshak.
  12. Web site: Банк даних — перепис 2001 . 11 August 2024 . 8 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230208104726/http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/Mult/Database/Census/databasetree_en.asp . live .

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