Shyrokyne
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| name = Shyrokyne
| native_name = Широкине
| native_name_lang = uk
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Shirokino 2007.jpg
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| coordinates = {{coord|47|5|53|N|37|48|37|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1 = Oblast (Province)
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagcountry|Donetsk Oblast}}
| subdivision_type2 = Raion (District)
| subdivision_name2 = Mariupol Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Sartana settlement hromada
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| established_date1 = 1791
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| elevation_m = 4
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| population_total = 1,411
| population_as_of = 2001 census
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| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 87650
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| area_code = +380 6296
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Shyrokyne ({{langx|uk|Широкине}}, {{IPA|uk|ʃɪˈrɔkɪne|pron}}) or Shirokino ({{langx|ru|Широкино}}) is a village in the Mariupol Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
The village is situated on the shore of the Sea of Azov, about {{convert|23|km|mi}} east from the centre of Mariupol.
War in Donbas
{{main|Shyrokyne standoff (February–July 2015)}}
The village became a battleground in 2014–15 during a war between separatists affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic and the Ukrainian government.
Prior to the war, the village was situated in Novoazovsk Raion. This was changed on 9 December 2014, when the Ukrainian parliament voted to change the boundaries of the Raion, so as to allow Ukrainian-controlled territories to be separated from DPR-controlled territories. The village and its neighbours were thus placed into an expanded Volnovakha Raion.{{Cite Ukrainian law|type=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|number=32-VIII|law=32-VIII|name=Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Донецької області, зміну і встановлення меж Волноваського, Новоазовського та Тельманівського районів Донецької області (On the changes in the administrative and territorial structure of Donetsk Oblast, changing and defining the boundaries of the Volnovakha, Novoazovsk and Telmanove Raions of Donetsk Oblast)|date=11 December 2014}}{{cite news|title=In the Donetsk Oblast three district centers removed from the territory seized by militants|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/12/8/7046811/|accessdate=31 December 2014|work=Ukrayinska Pravda|date=8 December 2014|language=Ukrainian}}
All civilians were evacuated from the village in February 2015, with up to 80% of the village's houses damaged beyond repair by July of that year.{{cite news | url=http://www.unian.info/war/1099085-osce-up-to-80-of-civilian-houses-in-shyrokyne-damaged-beyond-repair.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712092104/https://www.unian.info/war/1099085-osce-up-to-80-of-civilian-houses-in-shyrokyne-damaged-beyond-repair.html|archive-date=12 July 2015|url-status=live| title=OSCE: Up to 80% of civilian houses in Shyrokyne damaged beyond repair | work=Ukrainian Independent News Agency | date=9 July 2015 | accessdate=27 July 2015}}{{cite news | url=http://www.unian.info/war/1043506-militants-attack-village-of-shyrokyne-near-mariupol.html | title=Militants attack village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol | work=Ukrainian Independent Information Agency | date=12 February 2015 | accessdate=27 July 2015}}
By the end of February 2016 Ukrainian troops took the village under their control as pro-Russian forces withdrew from the settlement.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unian.info/war/1275388-ukraine-retakes-shyrokyne-after-russian-proxies-abandon-it.html |title=Ukraine retakes Shyrokyne after Russian proxies abandon it |publisher=UNIAN |date=25 February 2016 |accessdate=25 February 2016 |website=www.unian.info }}
As of 2023, Shyrokyne is under occupation by Russian forces, who have illegally annexed Donetsk Oblast.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 1,411 people, of whom the majority claimed to be Ukrainophone, when they were asked about their primary languages. The exact native language composition was as follows:{{cite web | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України }}
{{bar box|title=Native languages in Shyrokyne|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|60.3}}
{{bar percent|Russian|purple|39.4}}
{{bar percent|Greek|lightblue|0.1}}
{{bar percent|Moldovan|pink|0.1}}
{{bar percent|others|gray|0.1}}}}