Donetsk Oblast

Flag of Donetsk Oblast

Coat of arms of Donetsk Oblast

Location of Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine

Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Donetsk. The population of Donetsk Oblast was 4,100,280 in January 1st, 2021.^[1]

Russian soldiers are fighting Ukrainian soldiers (as of 2024). There is a line of control, that goes thru (2024) Donetsk Oblast. Sometimes it is called the Donetsk front. That front line is part of the Southern Front and the Eastern Front. Some of the settlements that are near the front (or on the front), are

Vuhledar^[2]
Pavlivka, on the side controlled by Russia (as of [2024's second quarter])^[3]
Staromaiorske^[4]

History

Before 1961 it has name of Stalino oblast.

Russia said (2022) that it (Russia) has Annexed Donetsk and other places.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has not ended (as of 2024).

Administrative divisions

Bakhmut Raion
- Bakhmut (hromada)
- Chasiv Yar
- Siversk
- Soledar
- Svitlodarsk
- Toretsk, some Russian soldiers are there (2024's third quarter)
- Zvanivka
Donetsk Raion
Horlivka
Kalmiuske
Kramatorsk
Mariupol (Russian soldiers have control, as of 2024)
Pokrovsk
- Avdiivka
- Bilozerske
- Dobropillia
- Hrodivka, some Russian soldiers are there (year 2024)
- Kryvorizhia
- Kurakhove
- Marinka, some Russian soldiers are there (2024)
- Myrnohrad
- Novohrodivka
- Ocheretyne, some Russian soldiers are there (2024)
- Pokrovsk (hromada)
- Selydove
- Shakhove
- Udachne

Volnovakha
- Khliobodarivka
- Komar
- Myrne
- Olhynka
- Staromlynivka, some Russian soldiers are there (2024's third quarter)
- Velyka Novosilka
- Volnovakha
- Vuhledar

References

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[1] "Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1" (PDF). Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[2] ttps://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/ukrainian-president-claims-russia-suffered-heavy-losses-amid-attempt-to-advance-to-vuhledar/3041670

[3] ttps://www.barrons.com/news/russia-says-key-village-captured-in-eastern-ukraine-01668431706

[4] ttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-29/as-ukrainians-liberated-staromaiorske-soldiers-spent-a-month-fighting-alongside-bodies-of-their-enemies.html

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v t e Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast
Bakhmut Raion Bakhmut (hromada) (map) Chasiv Yar (map) Siversk Soledar (map) Svitlodarsk Toretsk (map) Zvanivka
Donetsk Raion Amvrosiivka (map) Donetsk Ilovaisk Khartsyzk Makiivka Yasynuvata
Horlivka Raion Chystiakove Debaltseve Horlivka Khrestivka Shakhtarsk Snizhne Vuhlehirsk Zhdanivka Yenakiieve
Kalmiuske Raion Boykivske Dokuchaievsk Kalmiuske Novoazovsk Starobesheve
Kramatorsk Raion Andriivka Cherkaske Druzhkivka Illinivka Kostiantynivka Kramatorsk Lyman Mykolaivka Novodonetske Oleksandrivka Sloviansk Sviatohirsk
Mariupol Raion Kalchyk (map) Manhush Mariupol Nikolske Sartana
Pokrovsk Raion Avdiivka (map) Bilozerske Dobropillia Hrodivka Kryvorizhia Kurakhove (map) Marinka (map) Myrnohrad (map) Novohrodivka (map) Ocheretyne (map) Pokrovsk Selydove Shakhove Udachne
Volnovakha Raion Khliobodarivka (map) Komar Myrne Olhynka Staromlynivka (map) Velyka Novosilka(map) Volnovakha (map) Vuhledar (map)