Bahatyr
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Bahatyr
Багатир | |
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Village | |
 Monument to the participants in the Russian civil war and Soviet soldiers in Bahatyr. | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Bahatyr  Bahatyr | |
| Coordinates: 47°59′34″N 36°56′11″E / 47.99278°N 36.93639°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Raion | Volnovakha |
| Hromada | Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 55 |
Bahatyr (Ukrainian: Багатир; Russian: Богатырь, romanized: Bogatyr) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
History
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On 30 August 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Russian military shelled the village using the S-300 missile system, killing two civilians and wounding seven.[1][2] On 12 October 2023, the Russians again shelled the village using the Smerch missile system, killing one child and injuring another child and a woman.[3] The settlement supposedly was captured by Russia on 17 May 2025.[4]
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1695 people. In terms of native language, 7.61% of them spoke Ukrainian, 90.97% spoke Russian and 1.18% spoke Greek.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Армія рф вдарила ракетами по селу на Донеччині". Слово і Діло (in Ukrainian). 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ "Росія з С-300 вдарила по Донеччині: двоє загиблих та семеро поранених". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ "В поліції розкрили подробиці обстрілу села Богатир, в якому загинув 11-річний хлопчик". Суспільне. 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. 2025-05-17. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
