Prohres
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Prohres
|native_name = Прогрес
|native_name_lang = uk
|settlement_type = Village
|coordinates = {{coord|48|14|40|N|37|29|37|E|display=inline,title}}
|pushpin_map = Ukraine#Ukraine Donetsk Oblast
|pushpin_map_caption = Prohres shown within Ukraine##Prohres shown within Donetsk
|population_total = 390
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
|subdivision_type1 = Oblast
|subdivision_type2 = Raion
|subdivision_type3 = Hromada
|subdivision_name1 = Donetsk Oblast
|subdivision_name2 = Pokrovsk Raion
|subdivision_name3 = Hrodivka settlement hromada
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 85351
|elevation_m = 211
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = +380 623
}}
Prohres ({{Langx|uk|Прогрес}}; Russian: Прогресс) is a village in Hrodivka settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is currently under Russian occupation. The population was 390 at the 2001 Ukrainian census.
History
=Russo-Ukrainian War=
==Russian invasion of Ukraine==
The village has come under Russian airstrikes multiple times since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web|url=https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-ukraine-war-frontline-update-as-of-1710442237.html|title=Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of March 14|work=RBC-Ukraine|date=14 March 2024|first=Daria|last=Shekina}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/2/7453890/|title=Russians intensify attacks on Avdiivka front; 121 clashes occur in total over past day – Ukraine's General Staff|work=Ukrainska Pravda|date=2 May 2024|first=Iryna|last=Balachuk}} It came under Russian pressure on around 26 June 2024 amid recent Russian advancements in the area.{{Cite web |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 26, 2024 |last1=Hird |first1=Karolina |last2=Mappes |first2=Grace |last3=Evans |first3=Angelica |last4=Kagan |first4=Frederick W. |last5=Bailey |first5=Riley |work=Institute for the Study of War |date=26 June 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-26-2024}} On 18 July, it was entered by Russian forces,{{Cite web |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 18, 2024 |last1=Stepanenko |first1=Kateryna |last2=Evans |first2=Angelica |last3=Hird |first3=Karolina |last4=Harward |first4=Christina |last5=Barros |first5=George |work=Institute for the Study of War |date=18 July 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-18-2024}} and was captured the following day.{{Cite web |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 19, 2024 |last1=Bailey |first1=Riley |last2=Evans |first2=Angelica |last3=Wolkov |first3=Nicole |last4=Harward |first4=Christina |last5=Barros |first5=George |last6=Gasparyan |first6=Davit |work=Institute for the Study of War |date=19 July 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-19-2024}} The seizure of the village was attributed to insufficient weapon supplies, deficient training, and decreased motivation.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attack-pokrovsk-94081120780d30f9d2ecbfd32257c42e|title=Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages|first=Samya|last=Kullab|work=AP|date=29 July 2024|access-date=14 September 2024}} On 25 July, following further Russian advancements south of Prohres, two battalions of the Ukrainian 31st Mechanized Brigade were close to being encircled.{{Cite web |last=Axe |first=David |title=A Ukrainian Brigade Collapsed—And Now Hundreds Of Soldiers Are Surrounded Near Prohres |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/07/24/a-ukrainian-brigade-collapsed-and-now-hundreds-of-soldiers-are-nearly-surrounded-near-prohres/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Risk of encirclement near Prohres: Ukrainian forces say Russians are under their fire |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/24/7467252/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=en}}
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population of the village was 390 of which 44.1% stated Ukrainian to be their native language, and 54.62% stated their native language to be Russian.{{cite web |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp |title=Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua |accessdate=10 July 2024 |archive-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731182036/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp |website=ukrcensus.gov.ua}}