Pisky, Donetsk Oblast
Pisky
Піски | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal code | 86053 |
Area code | +380 6236 |
Pisky (
As of 2024, the settlement has no permanent residents and is considered to be destroyed and abandoned.
History
Russo-Ukrainian War
In the
Pisky was one of the hotspots of the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, from September 2014 to January 2015.[4][7]
The conflict brought both civilian and military casualties to the village that had a population of 2,000 before the war in Donbas.[8][9][10][11] In June 2015, only a dozen of the poorest civilians continued to live in Pisky, many of them shell-shocked and bearing injuries.[1] By then, the village lay in ruins.[1] On 27 August 2015 the village had six residents – according to observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.[12] BBC News correspondent Fergal Keane reported on 8 February 2016 that 18 people lived in Pisky.[8]
In late July 2022, Pisky became a battleground in a
On August 14, 2022, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov stated that "as a result of offensive operations by the allied forces, the settlement of Peski in the Donetsk People’s Republic has been completely liberated."[17] The Ukrainian military denied the village had been captured and insisted that clashes were ongoing,[18] and on August 16 fighting was still ongoing.[19] On August 26, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed that the village had been captured by the DPR.[20]
References
- ^ a b c The 93rd brigade: Part of the Red Army in WWII, it now fights against Russian-backed separatists, The Independent (13 June 2015)
- ^ "20 дней тишины на капремонт: как в Песках и Опытном впервые за пять лет войны восстанавливают дома".
- ^ a b c d e We Can Win After All, The Ukrainian Week (6 August 2015)
- ^ Ukraine Today(26 Nov. 2015)
- ^ Pisky, Ukrinform
- UNIAN(7 February 2016)
- ^ "Ukraine forces admit loss of Donetsk airport to rebels". The Guardian. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
"The cease-fire war in Donetsk". The Washington Post. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015. - ^ a b Return to the village on Ukraine's frontline, BBC News (8 February 2016)
- ^ "Ukraine crisis: The town where war still rages on". BBC News Online. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Gibbons-Neff, Thomas (17 August 2015). "What the war in Ukraine looks like: B-sides after five days on the front". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Losh, Jack (30 December 2015). "Best of 2015: The Priest, the Pianist, a Cat, and a DIY Sauna—One Week in Ukraine's Forgotten War". Vice News. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "ОБСЄ: у Пісках залишилось лише шість жителів". Інформаційне агентство Українські Національні Новини (УНН). Всі онлайн новини дня в Україні за сьогодні - найсвіжіші, останні, головні. (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Russian forces dress in Ukrainian military uniform during assault operations near Pisky General Staff report". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Russian-backed separatists say they have taken Pisky village in east Ukraine, TASS reports". Reuters. 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 11". The Institute for the Study of War. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 12". Institute for the Study of War. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Allied forces fully liberate settlement of Peski in DPR — Russian top brass". TASS. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Піски – під контролем України". Chanel 24. 14 August 2022.
- ^ Axe, David. "The Russians Want Pisky. The Ukrainians Want Pisky. Neither Army Has Enough Troops For A Quick Victory". Forbes. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Stepanenko, Kateryna; Hird, Karolina; Kagan, Frederick W.; Barros, George (25 August 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 25". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
External links
Media coverage
- The elderly couple trapped on Ukraine's frontline, BBC News Online, 9 February 2016 (video 2:16, in English/Russian)
- Return to the village on Ukraine's frontline, BBC News Online, 8 February 2016 (video 4:49, in English/Russian)