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Pivnichne, Donetsk Oblast

Coordinates: 48°23′19″N 37°54′24″E / 48.38861°N 37.90667°E / 48.38861; 37.90667
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Pivnichne
Північне
Pivnichne is located in Donetsk Oblast
Pivnichne
Pivnichne
Location of Pivnichne
Pivnichne is located in Ukraine
Pivnichne
Pivnichne
Pivnichne (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°23′19″N 37°54′24″E / 48.38861°N 37.90667°E / 48.38861; 37.90667
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionBakhmut Raion
Elevation229 m (751 ft)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total9,024
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
85280-85284
Area code+380 6247
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Pivnichne (Ukrainian: Північне; Russian: Пивни́чное), formerly Kirove (Ukrainian: Кірове; Russian: Ки́рово), is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Population: 9,024 (2022 estimate).[1]

In 2016, Kirove was renamed to Pivnichne, conforming to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.

History

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Russo-Ukrainian War

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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On June 22, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces gained a foothold within the settlement amid a renewed campaign to capture Donetsk Oblast,[3][4] along advances to other satellite settlements of the Toretsk urban area, as geolocated footage by DeepState confirmed.[5][6]

Residential building in Pivnichne after Russian strikes, December 2023

By August 5, 2024, DeepState showed the near total capture of the settlement,[7] with only small Ukrainian pockets remaining.

Demographics

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Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2019 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2019. стор.23
  3. ^ "DeepStateMAP | Map of the war in Ukraine". DeepStateMap. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  4. ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  5. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 9, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. 9 July 2024. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ "The enemy advanced in New York, Druzhba and near Novoselivka Persha". DeepStateMap.Live. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. ^ "DeepStateMAP | Map of the war in Ukraine". DeepStateMap. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ^ "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-01-07.