Yasynuvata

City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Yasynuvata Ясинувата (Ukrainian)
City

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48°7′40″N 37°51′45″E / 48.12778°N 37.86250°E / 48.12778; 37.86250
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Donetsk Raion
Hromada	Yasynuvata urban hromada
Founded	1872
City status	1936
Area
• Total	19 km² (7 sq mi)
Elevation	257 m (843 ft)
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	34,144
• Density	1,800/km² (4,700/sq mi)
Postal code	86000—86015
Area code	+380-6236
Climate	Warm summer subtype

Yasynuvata (Ukrainian: Ясинувата, pronounced [jɐsɪnʊˈwɑtɐ]; Russian: Ясиноватая, romanized: Yasinovataya, pronounced [jɪsʲɪnɐˈvatəjə]) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was incorporated as a city of oblast significance until the 2020 administrative reform. It also served as the administrative center of Yasynuvata Raion until it was dissolved in 2020. It is located 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Yasynuvata is a large railway crossroad. Its population is approximately 34,144 (2022 estimate).^[1]

History

Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and cities across in Donetsk and Luhansk Districts;^[2]^[3] including Yasynuvata.^[4] On 17 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly took the city from the pro-Russian separatists.^[4] But fighting for control of the city continued.^[5] On 19 August Ukrainian troops claimed they were clearing Yasynuvata of remaining separatist forces after its victory ("conducting a mopping-up operation").^[6] Ukrainian military was forced to retreat from the town in mid-September 2014, and since then the government of Ukraine has recognised it to be under Russian occupation.^[7]

Due to the war situation railway operation has ceased in 2014.^[8]

In 2016 the OSCE declared the area between Yasynuvata and neighboring Ukrainian army controlled Avdiivka to be one of the hotspots of the War in Donbass.^[9]^[10]^[11]

On 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation unilaterally annexed Yasynuvata with other areas of Donetsk Oblast that are under Russian military occupation.^[12]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:^[13]

Ethnicity

Ukrainians: 68.9%
Russians: 28.7%
Belarusians: 0.6%
Armenians: 0.4%

Notable people

References

^ ^a ^b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
^ "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
^ ^a ^b "Ukraine Fighting Clouds Diplomatic Push". Wall Street Journal. 18 August 2014.
^ "Saur-Mohyla under control of Ukrainian army, heavy fighting in Yasynuvata - Aug. 18, 2014". 18 August 2014.
^ "Ukraine says battles raging in heart of rebel-held Lugansk".
^ "Складні часи – складні рішення: економічна ізоляція Донбасу" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
^ Lok-Magazin n° 11/2014, page 29 (in German)
^ Spike In Fighting In Eastern Ukraine Threatens Fragile Cease-Fire, Radio Free Europe (April 01, 2016)
^ Over half of Donbas truce breaches observed in Yasynuvata, Avdiyivka, Donetsk airport, Interfax-Ukraine (5 August 2016)
^ "Yasynuvata: search results on OSCE page". osce.org. Kyiv: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ Dickson, Janice (30 September 2022). "Putin signs documents to illegally annex four Ukrainian regions, in drastic escalation of Russia's war". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022. Mr. Putin's claim to more than 15 per cent of Ukraine's territory is the largest annexation in Europe since the Second World War.
^ Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області. Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 2012-02-07