Ozerne, Kramatorsk Raion

Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Ozerne Озерне
Village
48°53′55″N 38°05′27″E / 48.898611°N 38.090833°E / 48.898611; 38.090833
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Bakhmut Raion
Status	1949
Area
• Total	1.31 km² (0.51 sq mi)
Elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Population (2001 census)^[1]
• Total	263
• Density	200/km² (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	84464
Area code	+380 6261

Ozerne (Ukrainian: Озерне; Russian: Озёрное; until 1949 Haylivka (Хайлівка), from 1949 to 2016 Illichivka (Іллічівка)) is a village in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 112.5 kilometres (69.9 mi) north by east from the centre of Donetsk city. It belongs to Lyman urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

The village was recaptured from Russian forces in September 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[2] Ozerne was freed from Russian occupation in October as part of the Kharkiv counteroffensive.

References

^ Distribution of the population by native language on ukrcensus.gov.ua
^ Kateryna Stepanenko; Grace Mappes; Layne Philipson; Frederick W. Kagan (4 September 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 4". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 4 September 2022. Social media sources confirmed that Ukrainian forces crossed the Siverskyi Donets River and liberated Ozerne, 20 km northwest of Siversk.