Klishchiivka

Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Klishchiivka
Кліщіївка
Village
Church of the Intercession, built 1841
Church of the Intercession, September 2021
48°31′41″N 37°57′30″E / 48.528056°N 37.958333°E / 48.528056; 37.958333
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Raion Bakhmut Raion
HromadaBakhmut urban hromada
Status1945
Area
 • Total2.746 km2 (1.060 sq mi)
Elevation
153 m (502 ft)
Population
 (2001 census)[1]
 • Total512
 • Density190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
84557
Area code+380 6274

Klishchiivka,[a] known as Karlivka until 1945, is a village in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.[2] It is located about 57.61 kilometres (35.80 mi) north by east (NbE) of the centre of Donetsk and about 7.91 kilometres (4.92 mi) south-southwest (SSW) of Bakhmut, it also belongs to Bakhmut urban hromada.[3] It has been a frontline village of the battle of Bakhmut during the Russo-Ukraine War.[4][5]

History

In 1841, the village's Church of the Intercession was built.[6] The village was previously named Karlivka (Ukrainian: Карлівка) until it received its current name on 15 August 1945.[7]

On 29 June 2015, during the War in Donbas (2014–2022), Dmytro Borisovich Ponomarenko [uk], a senior soldier of the "Chernihiv-1" battalion, was fatally wounded at a checkpoint near the village.[citation needed]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Fighting over the village started on 29 November 2022 as part of the battle of Bakhmut of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] The settlement was captured by Russian forces on 19 January 2023.[9][10][11] Following counterattacks around Bakhmut, battles for the village resumed as Ukrainian forces reentered it on 23 July 2023.[12] At the end of August, 45th Separate Artillery Brigade destroyed two Russian infantry fighting vehicles and a tank near the bridge crossing trying to advance in Klishchiivka.[13]

Fighters of the Lyut Brigade in the liberated village.

On 5 September the fighters of the Tsunami Regiment of the Lyut Brigade attacked Russian positions in the center of the village.[14] Two days later, the 3rd Assault Brigade advanced through the forest north-west of the village establishing fire control over the passage near the destroyed bridge by cutting out the Russian supply route from Bakhmut.[15] Russian troops were able to hold only the north-eastern outskirts of the village, about 400 meters from the railway tracks.[16] On 17 September, it was announced that troops of the 80th Air Assault Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and the Lyut Brigade participated in the liberation of the settlement.[17][18][19]

Demographics

The settlement had 512 inhabitants in 2001. The native language distribution according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census was: 84.96% Ukrainian, 14.65% Russian, and 0.39% other.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ Ukrainian: Кліщіївка [klʲiˈʃt͡ʃʲijiu̯kɐ]; Russian: Клещиевка, romanized: Kleshchievka

References

  1. ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Ukraine recaptures Klishchiivka, second eastern village in three days". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Ukraine live briefing: Village near Bakhmut recaptured, Ukrainian commanders say; Zelensky expected in D.C." Washington Post. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ Bigg, Matthew Mpoke; Vinograd, Cassandra; Shankar, Vivek (17 September 2023). "Ukraine Says It Has Retaken Strategic Village Near Bakhmut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tondo, Lorenzo (18 September 2023). "Ukraine troops have recaptured key village of Klishchiivka near Bakhmut, says Zelenskiy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ^ ""Кліщіївка звільнена, вона українська". Як Україна отримала "ключі від Бахмуту"". 17 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ^ Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 15.8.1945 «Про збереження історичних найменувань та уточнення … назв … Сталінської області»  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
  8. ^ Starkov, Nick (18 September 2023). "Ukraine recaptures village near Bakhmut, Zelenskiy says". Reuters. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ^ Аналітики зі США ставлять під сумнів факт окупації Кліщіївки. zn.ua, 20 January 2023
  10. ^ "Russia claims capture of Klishchiivka near Ukraine's Bakhmut". reuters.com. Reuters. 20 January 2023. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  11. ^ Mappes, Grace; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Wolkov, Nicole; Philipson, Layne; Kagan, Frederick W. (28 April 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 18, 2023". understandingwar.org. ISW. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023. Multiple Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces drove through the Russian defensive lines south and southwest of Ivanivske (6km west of Bakhmut) and northwest of Klishchiivka (6km southwest of Bakhmut) from the northwest.
  12. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 24, 2023". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  13. ^ "У районі Кліщіївки розбили переправу росіян". mil.in.ua. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Invasion Day 560 – Summary". 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Битва за Бахмут: хроніка подій (оновлюється щодня) доба 561". bahmut.in.ua. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Соледарское направление: продвижение ВСУ у Андреевки обстановка по состоянию на 14.00 9 сентября 2023 года". glasnarod.ru. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Ukraine-Russia war: Ukraine's forces recapture Klishchiivka". The Telegraph. 17 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Armed Forces and National Police assaultmen mop-up Klishchiivka near Bakhmut". Militarnyi. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  19. ^ Grace Mappes; Nicole Wolkov; Angelica Evans; Kateryna Stepanenko; Frederick W. Kagan (20 September 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 20, 2023". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 21 September 2023. The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) assessed that Ukrainian forces had secured Klishchiivka (7km southwest of Bakhmut) and Andriivka (10km southwest of Bakhmut), while Russian forces still control the railway line located between Klishchiivka and the T0513 highway to the east of the settlement.
  20. ^ "Банк даних". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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