Zaitseve, Bakhmut urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Coordinates: 48°31′36″N 38°04′01″E / 48.526667°N 38.066944°E / 48.526667; 38.066944
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Zaitseve
Зайцеве
Flag of Zaitseve
Coat of arms of Zaitseve
Zaitseve is located in Donetsk Oblast
Zaitseve
Zaitseve
Location of Zaitseve in Donetsk Oblast
Zaitseve is located in Ukraine
Zaitseve
Zaitseve
Zaitseve (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°31′36″N 38°04′01″E / 48.526667°N 38.066944°E / 48.526667; 38.066944
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionBakhmut Raion
Founded1842
Elevation
191 m (627 ft)
Population
 • Total1,160
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
84570
Area code+380 6274
KOATUU1420983001
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Zaitseve (Ukrainian: Зайцеве; Russian: Зайцево) is a village in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 60.3 kilometres (37.5 mi) northeast by north (NEbN) from of the centre of Donetsk city, about 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwards from the southern border of Bakhmut. It belongs to Bakhmut urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ Karolina Hird; Katherine Lawlor; Riley Bailey; George Barros; Frederick W. Kagan (6 October 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 6". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 4 January 2023. The Ukrainian General Staff noted that Russian troops continued ground attacks northeast of Bakhmut near Yakovlivka, Soledar and Bakhmutske and south of Bakhmut near Odradivka, Mayorsk, and Zaitseve.
  3. ^ Kateryna Stepanenko; Riley Bailey; Karolina Hird; Grace Mappes; Madison Williams; Yekaterina Klepanchuk; Frederick W. Kagan (1 November 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 1". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 4 January 2023. Russian sources shared geolocated footage of close-quarters combat between Ukrainian forces and Wagner troops near Zaitseve (8km southeast of Bakhmut).