Minkivka
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| name = Minkivka
| native_name = Міньківка
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Міньківка будинок культури.jpg
| image_caption = The House of Culture in Minkivka
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Donetsk Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = Bakhmut Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Soledar urban hromada
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
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| coordinates = {{coord|48|42|10|N|37|50|53|E|display=inline,title|region:UA_type:city}}
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| elevation_m = 171
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| population_total = 800
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| postal_code = 84532
| area_code = +380-6274
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Minkivka ({{langx|uk|Міньківка}}) is a village located in Bakhmut Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=Міньківка - Донецька область |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/locality/26807 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=decentralization.gov.ua}} It is located {{convert|15|km|mi}} northwest of Bakhmut,{{cite web |last1=Stepanenko |first1=Kateryna |last2=Bailey |first2=Riley |last3=Mappes |first3=Grace |last4=Wolkov |first4=Nicole |last5=Kagan |first5=Frederick W. |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 26, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-26-2023 |website=Institute for the Study of War |access-date=11 September 2023}} on the M03 highway.{{Cite news |last=Tucker |first=Maxim |date=2023-09-12 |title=Putin’s forces will face a dead end in Donbas, Kyiv vows |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/putins-forces-will-face-a-dead-end-in-donbas-kyiv-vows-nw2xr9sg3 |access-date=2023-09-12 |issn=0140-0460}}
History
On 5 January 2015, there was a fatal vehicle accident involving local Ukrainian military units near Minkivka, in which a bus of soldiers collided with a military truck. Vyacheslav Abroskin, head of the Donetsk Oblast branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the cause of the crash was weather conditions: namely ice and poor visibility. 12 soldiers died and 22 were injured. Abroskin said an investigation was taking place.{{Cite news |title=Стали відомі нові подробиці смертельної аварії за участю нацгвардійців |language=uk |url=https://espreso.tv/news/2015/01/06/staly_vidomi_prychyny_smertelnoyi_avariyi_za_uchastyu_nachvardiyciv |access-date=2023-09-12}}
On 14 March 2023, during the battle of Bakhmut of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Minkivka was the last settlement under Ukrainian control on the M03 highway. On 26 August 2023, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the Ukrainian military engaged in unsuccessful operations near the village.