| Sukha Balka | |||||||||
| Native Name: | Суха Балка | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||
| Population Total: | 649 | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2001 census | ||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sukha Balka within Ukraine | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 48.3178°N 37.7644°W | ||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||
| Postal Code: | 85299 | ||||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||||
| Area Code: | +380 6247 | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Ukraine | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Province | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast | ||||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||
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Sukha Balka (Ukrainian: Суха Балка; Russian: link=no|Сухая Балка) is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion of Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 40.6 km NNW from the centre of Donetsk city, at 14.5 km SW from Toretsk.
On 22 August 2006 a Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise flight crashed near the settlement.[1] All 170 people on board were killed.[1]
The War in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. A male civilian was killed by shelling on 14 June 2017.[2]
In 2001 the settlement had 649 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]