Zaitseve, Bakhmut urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Zaitseve Зайцеве
Village

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48°31′36″N 38°04′01″E / 48.526667°N 38.066944°E / 48.526667; 38.066944
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Bakhmut Raion
Founded	1842
Elevation	191 m (627 ft)
Population (2001 census)^[1]
• Total	1,160
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	84570
Area code	+380 6274
KOATUU	1420983001

Zaitseve (Ukrainian: Зайцеве; Russian: Зайцево) is a village in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 60.3 kilometres (37.5 mi) northeast by north (NEbN) from of the centre of Donetsk city, about 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwards from the southern border of Bakhmut. It belongs to Bakhmut urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^ Karolina Hird; Katherine Lawlor; Riley Bailey; George Barros; Frederick W. Kagan (6 October 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 6". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 4 January 2023. The Ukrainian General Staff noted that Russian troops continued ground attacks northeast of Bakhmut near Yakovlivka, Soledar and Bakhmutske and south of Bakhmut near Odradivka, Mayorsk, and Zaitseve.
^ Kateryna Stepanenko; Riley Bailey; Karolina Hird; Grace Mappes; Madison Williams; Yekaterina Klepanchuk; Frederick W. Kagan (1 November 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 1". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 4 January 2023. Russian sources shared geolocated footage of close-quarters combat between Ukrainian forces and Wagner troops near Zaitseve (8km southeast of Bakhmut).