Zavitne Bazhannia | |||||||||
Native Name: | Завітне Бажання | ||||||||
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 47.7208°N 36.8164°W | ||||||||
Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom | ||||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine | ||||||||
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||||
Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||||
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk | ||||||||
Subdivision Name2: | Volnovakha | ||||||||
Subdivision Name3: | Staromlynivka | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||||
Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Zavitne Bazhannia within Donetsk Oblast | ||||||||
Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||
Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||||
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||||
Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||||
Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||
Postal Code: | 85552 | ||||||||
Area Code: | +380 6243 | ||||||||
Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||||
Module: |
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Population Total: | 513 | ||||||||
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Zavitne Bazhannia (Ukrainian: Заві́тне Бажа́ння; Russian: Завитне Бажання|Zavitne Bazhannya) is a village (selo) in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Staromlynivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] It is located 12km (07miles) south of Velyka Novosilka.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Zavitne Bazhannia was occupied by Russia.[2] On 7 November 2022, there were reports that 21 Russian mobilized conscripts who had refused to fight in Ukraine were being "held captive" in a basement in Zavitne Bazhannia. According to letters written by the wives and mothers of the servicemen, eight or more of the men had official exemptions from service, yet still had been sent to the warzone "without appropriate training".[2]
Later in the war, during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, on 8 June 2023 Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian TOS-1A rocket launcher system just to the north of Zavitne Bazhannia.[3]
According to the 2001 Census, Zavitne Bazhannia has a population of 513. 87.91% of residents were native Ukrainian speakers, 11.7% were native Russian speakers and 0.19% were native Armenian speakers.[4]