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Berkhivka
Берхівка Berkhovka | |
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Coordinates: 48°38′43″N 37°58′02″E / 48.645278°N 37.967222°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | ![]() |
Raion | ![]() |
Hromada | Bakhmut urban hromada |
Population (2022)
[1] | |
• Total | 43 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 84557 |
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Berkhivka ( Ukrainian: Берхівка) is a village in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located about 58 metres (190 ft) southwest of Paraskoviivka, and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of Bakhmut. The settlement's population has fallen from 118 registered in the 2001 census, to 43 in 2022. [2]: 16 It has been an important frontline village during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Berkhivka Reservoir is located close to the village. [3]
Russian forces were reported to have shelled Berkhivka on 17 February 2023, with an airstrike also reported near the village. [4]
On 24 February 2023, PMC Wagner claimed that they had taken the village after a few days of fighting. [5] On June 5, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, claimed that Ukrainian forces re-entered the settlement, with heavy fighting starting soon after. [6]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2001 | 118 [7] | — |
2014 | 95 | — |
2022 | 43 [8] | — |
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Berkhivka
Берхівка Berkhovka | |
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Coordinates: 48°38′43″N 37°58′02″E / 48.645278°N 37.967222°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | ![]() |
Raion | ![]() |
Hromada | Bakhmut urban hromada |
Population (2022)
[1] | |
• Total | 43 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 84557 |
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Berkhivka ( Ukrainian: Берхівка) is a village in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located about 58 metres (190 ft) southwest of Paraskoviivka, and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of Bakhmut. The settlement's population has fallen from 118 registered in the 2001 census, to 43 in 2022. [2]: 16 It has been an important frontline village during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Berkhivka Reservoir is located close to the village. [3]
Russian forces were reported to have shelled Berkhivka on 17 February 2023, with an airstrike also reported near the village. [4]
On 24 February 2023, PMC Wagner claimed that they had taken the village after a few days of fighting. [5] On June 5, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, claimed that Ukrainian forces re-entered the settlement, with heavy fighting starting soon after. [6]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2001 | 118 [7] | — |
2014 | 95 | — |
2022 | 43 [8] | — |
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