Khryashchuvate
Khryashchuvate (Ukrainian: Хрящувате; Russian: Хрящеватое) is an urban-type settlement south-east of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine.[1] Situated in the Donbas region, Khryashchuvate is located between Luhansk and Novosvitlovka, in the Krasnodon Raion.
Khryashchuvate
Хрящувате | |
|---|---|
  Khryashchuvate  Khryashchuvate | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′00″N 39°25′17″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Luhansk Raion |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,216 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | +380 06435 |
Since 2014, Krasnodon Raion, including Khryashchuvate, has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR / LNR).[2] Following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Russia has claimed the settlement as part of their LPR / LNR.
The Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack occurred near Khryashchuvate in mid-2014, with refugees killed as they fled the War in Donbas. The Ukrainian Army then retreated from the settlement, after fierce fighting, in late August 2014, as LNR / LPR forces then took control.[3] The settlement came to the attention of global media in 2015 due to the extent of destruction there.[4]
References
- "Сражается за Донбасс с 2014 года: судьба Анны с позывным «Звезда»". 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- "Russian Mothers of Killed and Captured Soldiers Ask Why Our Sons Are Fighting in Ukraine". The Guardian. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- "Ukraine's forgotten city destroyed by war". The Guardian. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
