Ocheretyne

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Ocheretyne (Ukrainian: Очеретине) is an rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Its population is approximately 3,378 (2022 estimate).^[1] The town is administrative center of Ocheretyne settlement hromada.^[2]

History

Ocheretyne was founded in 1880 in connection with constructing a railway and a station.

169 villagers fought against Nazi soldiers on the fronts of World War II, of whom 78 died on the battlefield, and 121 were awarded orders and medals. Two monuments were erected on the graves of soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from Nazi occupation. A memorial plaque was also erected in honor of them.^[3]

On 9 December 2014, following the events surrounding the

War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's national parliament, moved Yasynuvata Raion's administration buildings and government to вул. Першотравнева 12, (English: 12 May Day Street) in Ocheretyne, which is near H 20, about 35 km north-northwest of Donetsk.^[4][5] As a result, Ocheretyne was the de facto administrative center of the raion until it was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government.^[6][7]

On 16 April 2024, as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces advanced towards the settlement, and fighting over the settlement began.^[8] The settlement was subsequently captured by Russian forces on 23 April 2024.^[9][10] The capture of the village was attributed to a rotational error by Ukrainian military commanders that left the sector mostly undefended and led to Russian forces advancing five kilometers.^[11][12]

Demographics

Native language as of the

• Ukrainian 44.67%
• Russian 54.52%
• Armenian 0.25%
• Romani 0.22%
• German 0.07%
• Belarusian 0.05%
• Polish and Romanian 0.02%

References