Vesele | |||||||
Native Name: | Веселе | ||||||
Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||
Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||
Population Total: | 129 | ||||||
Population As Of: | 2001 census | ||||||
Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
Timezone: | EET | ||||||
Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||
Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Donetsk Oblast | ||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vesele within Ukraine | ||||||
Coordinates: | 48.2394°N 37.4372°W | ||||||
Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||
Postal Code: | 85350 | ||||||
Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||
Area Code: | +380 623 | ||||||
Elevation M: | 182 | ||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine | ||||||
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast | ||||||
Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||
Subdivision Name2: | Pokrovsk Raion | ||||||
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||
Subdivision Name3: | Hrodivka settlement hromada | ||||||
Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||
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Vesele (Ukrainian: Веселе; Russian: link=no|Весёлое) is a village in Hrodivka settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, located 36.68km (22.79miles) northwest by north (NWbN) from the centre of Donetsk city.
The settlement came under attack of Russian forces during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in July 2024. Several Russian sources claimed that Russian forces seized over half of the settlement by 29 July 2024 amidst recent advances in the area. On 1 August 2024, Russia fully captured the settlement.[1]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 129 inhabitants, whose native languages were 68.42% Ukrainian and 31.58% Russian.