Verkhniokamianske
Верхньокам'янське | |
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Coordinates: 48°51′37″N 38°11′48″E / 48.86028°N 38.19667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Bakhmut Raion |
Hromada | Zvanivka rural hromada |
Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 960 |
Verkhniokamianske (Ukrainian: Верхньока́м'янське) is a village (selo) in Ukraine, in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast. It has a population of 960.[1]
The Kamianka RiverBakhmutka river,[2] flows through the village.
, a tributary of theAs a result of the Holodomor, a manmade famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933, 18 residents of the village died.[3]
After World War II, Verkhniokamianske was one of the destinations for Boykos deported from regions that were transferred to Poland from the Soviet Union in 1951.[4]
In 2014, during the opening stages of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Verkhniokamianske was seized by forces of the separatist, pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic, led by Russian army veteran and former FSB officer Igor Girkin.[5][failed verification] On July 24, the village was announced to have been recaptured by Ukrainian security forces.[6][5]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Verkhniokamianske saw fighting again.[7] On 7 August 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that Russian forces conducted assaults to try to improve its position near Verkhniokamianske, but "was unsuccessful and retreated."[8] On 5 February 2023, Ukrainian forces reportedly repelled Russian assaults on the village.[7]
In 2001, it had 960 inhabitants, of whom 918 spoke Ukrainian and 42 spoke Russian.[1]
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church operates a Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village.[9]