Nevelske
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Nevelske
| native_name = Невельське
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type =
| image_flag =
| flag_alt =
| image_seal =
| seal_alt =
| image_shield =
| shield_alt =
| shield_link =
| image_map =
| mapsize =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
|established_title =
|established_date =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
|area_land_km2 =
|area_water_km2 =
|population_note =
|population_total = 283
| population_as_of = 2001 census
| population_density_km2 =
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
|pushpin_map = Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Nevelske within Ukraine
|pushpin_mapsize =
|coordinates = {{coord|48|3|40|N|37|34|34|E|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type=Postal code
|postal_code = 86051
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = +380 6236
|elevation_m = 199
|blank_info =
|blank1_info =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Donetsk Oblast}}
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Pokrovsk Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Ocheretyne
| website =
| pushpin_relief = y
| module = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=14 |height=280 |width= | stroke-width=1 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
}}
Nevelske ({{langx|uk|Невельське}}; {{langx|ru|link=no|Невельское|Nevelskoye}}) is a village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, at about {{convert|17.35|km|mi}} west by north (WbN) from the centre of Donetsk city. Nevelske belongs to Ocheretyne settlement hromada.
History
=Russo-Ukrainian War=
==War in Donbas==
The War in Donbas, which lasted from mid-April 2014 until the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, brought both civilian and military casualties. Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and two others were wounded in action at Nevelske on 8 November 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://sprotyv.info/ru/news/7808-sily-ato-poteryali-dvuh-voennyh-v-boyu-vozle-np-nevelskoe |title=Силы АТО потеряли двух военных в бою возле н.п. Невельское |publisher=Information Resistance |date=8 November 2014 |accessdate=8 November 2014}} Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded at Nevelske on 16 December 2016, and another was killed by shelling at a Ukrainian army position near the settlement.{{cite web |url=http://mediarnbo.org/2016/12/17/svodnyie-dannyie-ato-17-dekabrya/?lang=ru |title=Сводные данные АТО - 17 декабря |trans-title=Summary information on ATO as of 17 December |publisher=NSDC |date=17 December 2016 |accessdate=17 December 2016 |language=ru }}{{Cite web |date=6 April 2021 |script-title=uk:На Донеччині загинули двоє українських військових |trans-title=Two Ukrainian servicemen killed in Donetsk region |url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3222371-na-doneccini-zaginuli-dvoe-ukrainskih-vijskovih.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415154402/https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3222371-na-doneccini-zaginuli-dvoe-ukrainskih-vijskovih.html |archive-date=15 April 2021 |access-date=31 May 2021 |website=ukinform.ua |language=uk |quote=Внаслідок обстрілу українських позицій російськими найманцями поблизу населеного пункту Невельське, що на Донеччині, загинув український військовий. Ще один захисник загинув поблизу Степного через підрив на невідомому вибуховому пристрої. [Translated: A Ukrainian serviceman was killed as a result of shelling of Ukrainian positions by Russian mercenaries near the town of Nevelske in the Donetsk region. Another defender was killed near Stepny by an unknown explosive device.] |agency=Ukrinform}} On 14 November 2021 nine houses were damaged due to the shelling of Nevelske. Three days later seven houses were damaged, destroying two of them.{{cite news|url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/780285.html|title=Russia-occupation forces again shelling Nevelske village in Donbas, damage seven houses, destroy two of them|work=Interfax-Ukraine|date=17 November 2021}}
==Russian invasion of Ukraine==
On 12 March 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the full capture of Nevelske by Russian forces,{{Cite news|title=Russia Says Captured Village In Ukraine's Donetsk Region|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-says-captured-village-in-ukraine-s-donetsk-region-293a4748|access-date=2024-03-12|website=Barrons}} later on the settlement was referred to as a "grey zone".
On 9 August 2024, geolocated footage confirmed that the village had been recaptured by Russia.{{Cite web |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 10, 2024 |last1=Harward |first1=Christina |last2=Gasparyan |first2=Davit |last3=Mappes |first3=Grace |last4=Evans |first4=Angelica |last5=Barros |first5=George |last6=Stepanenko |first6=Kateryna |work=Institute for the Study of War |date=10 August 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-10-2024}}
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 283 inhabitants. Their native languages were 83.92% Russian and 16.08% Ukrainian.
References
{{Reflist|refs=
{{cite web|url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_en.asp |title=All-Ukrainian population census |trans-title= |publisher=State Statistics Service of Ukraine |date= |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=db.ukrcensus.gov.ua |language=en }}
{{cite web|url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-16-2024 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 16, 2024 |publisher=ISW |date=2024-05-20 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=understandingwar.org |language=en |author=Christina Harward |author2=Angelica Evans |author3=Nicole Wolkov |author4=Riley Bailey |author5=George Barros |quote=A Russian source claimed that Russian forces are struggling to clear the area between Pervomaiske and Nevelske (both southwest of Avdiivka) and that the Balka Domakha stream that runs between Netaylove (southwest of Avdiivka) and Nevelske is a contested "gray zone." }}
{{cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-21-2024 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 21, 2024 |publisher=ISW |date=2024-05-20 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=understandingwar.org |language=en |author=Christina Harward |author2=Grace Mappes |author3=Nicole Wolkov |author4=Kateryna Stepanenko |author5=Frederick W. Kagan |quote=Fighting continued northwest of Avdiivka near Kalynove, Novooleksandrivka, Sokil, Prohres, Yevhenivka, Ocheretyne, Solovyove, and Novoselivka Persha; west of Avdiivka near Umanske, Sieverne, Netaylove, and Yasnobrodivka; and southwest of Avdiivka near Nevelske and Sieverne.}}
}}
External links
- [http://weather.in.ua/en/doneckaja/16680 Weather forecast for Nevelske]
Category:Villages in Pokrovsk Raion
Category:Ocheretyne settlement hromada
{{Pokrovsk Raion}}
{{Donetsk-geo-stub}}