Shumy

Place in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Shumy Шуми
48°22′51″N 37°56′1″E / 48.38083°N 37.93361°E / 48.38083; 37.93361
Country	Ukraine
Province	Donetsk Oblast
Population (2001 census)
• Total	95
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	85280
Area code	+380 6247

Shumy (Ukrainian: Шуми; Russian: Шумы, romanized: Shumi) is a settlement in the administrative area of the city council of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 57.4 km NNW from the centre of Donetsk city. It is considered a suburbs of Horlivka.^[1]

The War in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties.^[2]^[3] Initially Shumy was under the control of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic, but in the summer of 2018 the Ukrainian army took control of the village.^[1] Control of Shumy is considered a military strategic advantage.^[why?]^[1] The village is located on the frontline near separatist held Horlivka.^[1] During the Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops fired mortars at Ukrainian positions near the village on 26 March 2021, killing four Ukrainian servicemen.^[4] During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine has retained control over the settlement as of February 2024.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[5]

Russian 84.21%
Ukrainian 15.79%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (in Ukrainian) War in Donbass: Pushylin scheduled the shelling of Ukrainian positions on Monday, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 September 2020)
^ "18 Soldiers Killed over the Last 24 Hours". Censor.net. 6 August 2014.
^ (in Ukrainian) One of those killed in Donbas was a lieutenant colonel of the Armed Forces, Ukrayinska Pravda (26 March 2021)
^ Inna, Semenova (29 March 2021). Найбільші втрати від початку перемир'я. Що сталося в бою під Шумами і як відповість Україна [The biggest losses since the beginning of the armistice. What happened in the battle of Shumy and how Ukraine will respond?]. New Voice (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022. Бій біля селища Шуми (Донецька область) стався вдень 26 березня. Бойовики прицільно обстріляли українські позиції близько 13:45. ... Внаслідок обстрілу загинули четверо українських військовослужбовців, ще двох було поранено. [The battle near the village of Shumy (Donetsk region) took place in the afternoon of March 26, 2021. The militants fired at Ukrainian positions at about 1:45 p.m. ... Four Ukrainian servicemen were killed and two others were wounded in the shelling.]
^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2016.