Zhelanne

Urban locality in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Zhelanne
Желанне
48°12′29″N 37°26′40″E / 48.20806°N 37.44444°E / 48.20806; 37.44444
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionPokrovsk Raion
HromadaOcheretyne settlement hromada
Elevation
[1]
188 m (617 ft)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total1,274
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
86023
Area code+380 6236

Zhelanne (Ukrainian: Желанне; Russian: Желание) is a rural settlement in Ocheretyne settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. In 2022, the population was estimated to be 1,274,[2] but had reduced to an estimated 100 by 2024 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

History

On 14 August 2024, during the Pokrovsk offensive of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the village was captured by Russia.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Zhelanne (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Поїхали, і тієї ж ночі «приліт». Як обстріли РФ знищують селище Желанне на захід від Авдіївки". www.radiosvoboda.org. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  4. ^ Hird, Karolina; Harward, Christina; Bailey, Riley; Kagan, Frederick W.; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Wolkov, Nicole (15 August 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  5. ^ "The enemy occupied Zhelanne and Orlivka, and advanced in New York, Mykolaivka, Zhuravka and Krasnohorivka". DeepStateMap.Live. 14 August 2024.


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