Nevelske
Невельське | |
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Coordinates: 48°3′40″N 37°34′34″E / 48.06111°N 37.57611°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
District | Pokrovsk Raion[1] |
Hromada | Ocheretyne |
Elevation | 199 m (653 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 283 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 86051 |
Area code | +380 6236 |
Nevelske (Ukrainian: Невельське; Russian: Невельское, romanized: Nevelskoye) is a village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, at about 17.35 kilometres (10.78 mi) west by north (WbN) from the centre of Donetsk city. Nevelske belongs to Ocheretyne settlement hromada.
The War in Donbas, which lasted from mid-April 2014 until the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, brought both civilian and military casualties. Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and two others were wounded in action at Nevelske on 8 November 2014.[3] Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded at Nevelske on 16 December 2016, and another was killed by shelling at a Ukrainian army position near the settlement.[4][5] On 14 November 2021 nine houses were damaged due to the shelling of Nevelske.[1] Three days later seven houses were damaged, destroying two of them.[1]
On 12 March 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the full capture of Nevelske by Russian forces,[6] later on the settlement was referred to as a "grey zone".[7][8]
On 9 August 2024, geolocated footage confirmed that the village had been recaptured by Russia.[9]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 283 inhabitants. Their native languages were 83.92% Russian and 16.08% Ukrainian.[2]
Внаслідок обстрілу українських позицій російськими найманцями поблизу населеного пункту Невельське, що на Донеччині, загинув український військовий. Ще один захисник загинув поблизу Степного через підрив на невідомому вибуховому пристрої. [Translated: A Ukrainian serviceman was killed as a result of shelling of Ukrainian positions by Russian mercenaries near the town of Nevelske in the Donetsk region. Another defender was killed near Stepny by an unknown explosive device.]
A Russian source claimed that Russian forces are struggling to clear the area between Pervomaiske and Nevelske (both southwest of Avdiivka) and that the Balka Domakha stream that runs between Netaylove (southwest of Avdiivka) and Nevelske is a contested "gray zone."
Fighting continued northwest of Avdiivka near Kalynove, Novooleksandrivka, Sokil, Prohres, Yevhenivka, Ocheretyne, Solovyove, and Novoselivka Persha; west of Avdiivka near Umanske, Sieverne, Netaylove, and Yasnobrodivka; and southwest of Avdiivka near Nevelske and Sieverne.