Stepanivka
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Stepanivka ({{langx|uk|Степанівка}}), in Ukraine, is the site of an ancient settlement dating to 5000 - 4300 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time large, covering an area of 15 hectares. This proto-city are just one of 2440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000 - 2700 B.C. and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100 - 300 - 450 Hectares.{{cite web|url=http://www.trypillia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104:videiko-m-yu-trypillia-culture-proto-cities-after-40-years-of-investigations&catid=54:archaeology&Itemid=66|title=VIDEIKO M. YU. TRYPILLIA CULTURE PROTO-CITIES: AFTER 40 YEARS OF INVESTIGATIONS|author=Mykhaylo Videiko|publisher=}}
The site is near the (modern village) Stepanivka (Perevalskyi Raion) in Luhansk Oblast.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.umoloda.kiev.ua/number/744/196/27038/ Not for long - several hundred years. Evidence of this is ... LuHansk pyramids], Ukrayina Moloda (31 August 2006) On 28 July 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured this village from pro-Russian separatists.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/07/28/7033283/ Force ATO released Stepanivka], Ukrayinska Pravda (28 July 2014) Starting in mid-April 2014, pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Luhansk Oblast.{{cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine|title=Putin Is Accidentally Helping Unite Eastern and Western Ukraine - New Republic|author=Leonid Ragozin|date=16 April 2014|work=New Republic}}{{cite web|url=http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082|title=TASS: World - Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service|work=TASS}} On 14 August 2014 the Ukrainian military lost control of Stepanivka to the Luhansk People's Republic.{{Cite web|accessdate =October 30, 2017 |title =If I went to the side of the enemy, you would know about it from Russian television - Colonel Bezyazikov |url =https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28824588.html |publisher = Radio Svoboda|language=uk}}{{Cite web|accessdate = 2015-10-08|title = Cabinet of Ministers called the cities of Donbass controlled by the separatists |url = http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/3444086-kabmyn-nazval-horoda-donbassa-podkontrolnye-separatystam|publisher = korrespondent.net}} According to a soldier of the Ukrainian 8th Army Corps the Luhansk People's Republic were able to do this assisted by armored units of the Russian Armed Forces.