Berestove, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast
Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Berestove Берестове | |
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48°45′48″N 38°15′10″E / 48.763333°N 38.252778°E / 48.763333; 38.252778 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Bakhmut Raion |
| Hromada | Soledar urban hromada |
| Founded Status | 1887 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.936 km2 (0.361 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 188 m (617 ft) |
| Population (2001 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,278 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 84541 |
| Area code | +380 6274 |
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Berestove (Ukrainian: Берестове; Russian: Берестовое, romanized: Berestovoye; German: Birkenfeld or Neu-Nikolaifeld) is a village in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, about 95.5 kilometres (59.3 mi) east-northeast from the centre of Donetsk city. It belongs to Soledar urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
The village was taken under control by Russian forces on 25 July 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3] The village was "essentially leveled" by Russian artillery during the fighting.[2]
This section is an excerpt from Sexual violence in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[edit]
Sexual violence in the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been committed by Armed Forces of Russia, including the use of mass rape as a weapon of war. According to the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, the victims of sexual assault by Russian soldiers ranged from 4 years old to over 80 years old.[4]
The United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner issued a report on human rights violations and war crimes in October 2022; in the opening summary section, it stated, "Furthermore, the Commission documented patterns of summary executions, unlawful confinement, torture, ill-treatment, and rape and other sexual violence committed in areas occupied by Russian armed forces across the four provinces on which it focused. People have been detained, some have been unlawfully deported to the Russian Federation, and many are still reported missing. Sexual violence has affected victims of all ages. Victims, including children, were sometimes forced to witness the crimes. Children have become the victims of the full spectrum of violations investigated by the Commission, including indiscriminate attacks, torture and rape, and have suffered the predictable psychological consequences."[5]References
- ^ Distribution of the population by native language on ukrcensus.gov.ua
- ^ a b Karolina Hird; Kateryna Stepanenko; Katherine Lawlor; Layne Philipson; Frederick W. Kagan (26 July 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 26". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
Geolocated footage posted by a Russian soldier walking freely along a very damaged segment of the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway in Berestove (25 km northeast of Bakhmut) shows that Russian forces took control of Berestove on July 25. The footage shows that Berestove has been essentially leveled by Russian artillery and is completely abandoned, which suggests that Ukrainian troops may have conducted a controlled withdrawal from the area. Russian forces will likely leverage this position to move southwest along the T1302 towards Soledar and attempt to assault Bakhmut from the Berestove-Soledar line. Russian forces are also fighting near Soledar itself.
- ^ John Psaropoulos (28 July 2022). "Timeline: Week 22 of Russia's war in Ukraine | Al Jazeera recaps key events in week 22 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
Russian forces may have secured Berestove, moving closer to their objective of Bakhmut, which is crossed by two logistics highways.
- ^ For sources related to mass rape and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, see Sources related to mass rape and rape as a weapon of war or military strategy.
- ^ "'Undeniable need for accountability' in Ukraine as violations mount". UN News. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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