Klishchiivka,[a] known as Karlivka until 1945, is a village in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.[2] It is located about 57.61 kilometres (35.80 mi) north by east (NbE) of the centre of Donetsk and about 7.91 kilometres (4.92 mi) south-southwest (SSW) of Bakhmut, it also belongs to Bakhmut urban hromada.[3] It has been a frontline village of the battle of Bakhmut during the Russo-Ukraine War.[4][5]
Klishchiivka Кліщіївка | |
|---|---|
_1.jpg) Church of the Intercession, September 2021 | |
  Klishchiivka Location of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast  Klishchiivka Klishchiivka (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′41″N 37°57′30″E / 48.528056°N 37.958333°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion |  Bakhmut Raion |
| Hromada | Bakhmut urban hromada |
| Status | 1945 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.746 km2 (1.060 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 153 m (502 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 512 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 84557 |
| Area code | +380 6274 |
History
In 1841, the village's Church of the Intercession was built.[6] The village was previously named Karlivka (Ukrainian: Карлівка) until it received its current name on 15 August 1945.[7]
On 29 June 2015, during the War in Donbas (2014–2022), Dmytro Borisovich Ponomarenko, a senior soldier of the "Chernihiv-1" battalion, was fatally wounded at a checkpoint near the village.[citation needed]
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Fighting over the village started on 29 November 2022 as part of the battle of Bakhmut of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] The settlement was captured by Russian forces on 19 January 2023.[9][10][11] Following counterattacks around Bakhmut, battles for the village resumed as Ukrainian forces reentered it on 23 July 2023.[12] At the end of August, 45th Separate Artillery Brigade destroyed two Russian infantry fighting vehicles and a tank near the bridge crossing trying to advance in Klishchiivka.[13]
.jpg)
On 5 September the fighters of the Tsunami Regiment of the Lyut Brigade attacked Russian positions in the center of the village.[14] Two days later, the 3rd Assault Brigade advanced through the forest north-west of the village establishing fire control over the passage near the destroyed bridge by cutting out the Russian supply route from Bakhmut.[15] Russian troops were able to hold only the north-eastern outskirts of the village, about 400 meters from the railway tracks.[16] On 17 September, it was announced that troops of the 80th Air Assault Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and the Lyut Brigade participated in the liberation of the settlement.[17][18][19]
Demographics
The settlement had 512 inhabitants in 2001. The native language distribution according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census was: 84.96% Ukrainian, 14.65% Russian, and 0.39% other.[20]