Spirne (Ukrainian: Спі́рне; Russian: Спорное; lit. "disputed") is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Soledar urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Spirne
Спі́рне | |
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  Spirne Location of Spirne within Donetsk Oblast  Spirne Spirne (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°48′25″N 38°14′46″E / 48.807°N 38.246°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Raion | Bakhmut |
| Hromada | Soledar |
| Elevation | 174 m (571 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 79 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 84541 |
| Area code | +380 6274 |
A gas compression station and farm are located in the settlement, and the Mount Vesuvius Nature Reserve is located nearby.
History
editRusso-Ukrainian War
editRussian invasion of Ukraine
editIn July 2022, during and after the Battle of Siversk, the settlement was a site of heavy fighting between Russia and Ukraine.[2][3] It was contested by Russia between August and September of 2022, but was not captured by Russia during that period.[4][5] It was again contested between late December 2023 and late June – early July 2024. Russian forces reached the eastern outskirts of the settlement on December 27, 2023.[6] The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed their forces to have seized the village on June 30,[7] and this was confirmed by the Institute for the Study of War on 19 July through the capture of the village to the northwest, Ivano-Daryivka, on 17 July.[8]
Demographics
editAs of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 79 inhabitants, whose native languages were 70.00% Ukrainian and 30.00% Russian.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 12". Institute for the Study of War. 12 July 2022.
- ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 15". Institute for the Study of War. 15 July 2022.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 17". Institute for the Study of War. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
Russian troops also reportedly conducted a ground attack near Spirne, about 20km southeast of Siversk.
- ^ Stepanenko, Kateryna; Lawlor, Katherine; Mappes, Grace; Barros, George; Kagan, Frederick W. (15 September 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
Both Ukrainian and Russian official sources confirmed fighting in Spirne (east of Siversk)
- ^ Evans, Angelica; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Wolkov, Nicole; Bailey, Riley; Barros, George; Kagan, Frederick W. (27 December 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 27, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
Geolocated footage published on December 27 indicates that Russian forces advanced closer to the eastern outskirts of Spirne (northeast of Bakhmut)
- ^ Mappes, Grace; Barros, George; Bailey, Riley; Hird, Karolina; Wolkov, Nicole (3 July 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 3, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Bailey, Riley; Evans, Angelica; Wolkov, Nicole; Harward, Christina; Barros, George; Gasparyan, Davit (19 July 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 19, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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