Verkhnoshyrokivske
Verkhnoshyrokivske
Верхньошироківське | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Postal code | 87612 |
| Area code | +380 6296 |
Verkhnoshyrokivske (Ukrainian: Верхньошироківське), formerly Oktiabr (Ukrainian: Октябр), is a village in Novoazovsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 116 km SSE from the centre of Donetsk city, at 24 km SW from Novoazovsk.
The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the
OSCE reported that 2 tanks of the pro-Russian forces had used cover of civilian homes in Verkhnoshyrokivske "endangering residents if tanks were targeted."[2]
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 282 inhabitants. Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]
- Ukrainian — 77.66%
- Russian — 21.63%
- Belarusian and Polish — 0.35%
References
- ^ "Новости дня: ДНР преподнесла Порошенко своё видение проведения выборов на Донбассе. Полный текст - 13.05.2015 сегодня". Dialog.ua. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- OSCE via Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область
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