Pisky, Donetsk Oblast

For other settlements with the same name, see Pisky (disambiguation).

Rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Pisky

Піски

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Coordinates: 48°3′44″N 37°40′30″E﻿ / ﻿48.06222°N 37.67500°E﻿ / 48.06222; 37.67500
Country|  Ukraine
Oblast| Donetsk Oblast
Raion| Pokrovsk Raion
Hromada| Ocheretyne settlement hromada
Elevation

| 189 m (620 ft)
Population

(2023)

• Total

| 0
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code|

86053

Area code| +380 6236

Pisky (Ukrainian: Піски; Russian: Пески, romanized: Peski) is a destroyed rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest from the center of the administrative center of the oblast, Donetsk, and about two kilometres (1.2 mi) from the western border of Donetsk International Airport. Before 2014, the village was a former wealthy suburb of Donetsk.[1] It had a population of 2,160 in the 2001 census, but most residents left during the war in Donbas, with only 9 people remaining as of 2019.[2] In 2022, the village came under Russian occupation following a battle.

As of 2024, the settlement has no permanent residents and is considered to be destroyed and abandoned.

## History

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### Russo-Ukrainian War

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See also: Battle of Pisky (2022)

In the war in Donbas the village switched hands many times (between DPR separatists and Ukrainian forces).[3] The village was controlled by the Ukrainian army between 21 July 2014 and 2022.[3] According to an eyewitness, the Dnipro Battalion captured the settlement that day on its own initiative.[3] Commander of Dnipro Battalion's squadron 5 Volodymyr Shylov claims they then ignored orders to leave Pisky.[3] Following then, the village came under daily attack from the separatists.[3][4][5][6]

Pisky was one of the hotspots of the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, from September 2014 to January 2015.[4][7]

The conflict brought both civilian and military casualties to the village that had a population of 2,000 before the war in Donbas.[8][9][10][11] In June 2015, only a dozen of the poorest civilians continued to live in Pisky, many of them shell-shocked and bearing injuries.[1] By then, the village lay in ruins.[1] On 27 August 2015 the village had six residents – according to observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.[12] BBC News correspondent Fergal Keane reported on 8 February 2016 that 18 people lived in Pisky.[8]

### Full-scale invasion

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In late July 2022, Pisky became a battleground in a renewed Russian offensive during the Battle of Avdiivka.[13] The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) claimed on 5 August that it had taken the control of the village, while the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine rejected these early claims.[14] On 10 August, Russian forces used TOS-1 thermobaric weapons on Ukrainian positions in central Pisky.[citation needed] Meanwhile, Russian and DPR sources claimed that roughly 90 percent of Pisky had been captured.[15] By 12 August, Russian sources claimed that Russian forces "controlled" the "situation" in Pisky, suggesting control of the village, though the Ukrainians did not confirm the loss of the front line settlement. Satellite imagery and combat footage posted online suggested the village had been "visibly leveled" by bombardment during the Russian assault.[16]

On August 14, 2022, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov stated that "as a result of offensive operations by the allied forces, the settlement of Peski in the Donetsk People’s Republic has been completely liberated."[17] The Ukrainian military denied the village had been captured and insisted that clashes were ongoing,[18] and on August 16 fighting was still ongoing.[19] On August 26, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed that the village had been captured by the DPR.[20]

## References

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1. ^ a b c The 93rd brigade: Part of the Red Army in WWII, it now fights against Russian-backed separatists, The Independent (13 June 2015)
2. ^ "20 дней тишины на капремонт: как в Песках и Опытном впервые за пять лет войны восстанавливают дома".
3. ^ a b c d e We Can Win After All, The Ukrainian Week (6 August 2015)
4. ^ a b Shelling pierces ceasefire in Ukraine's ghost town of Pisky, Ukraine Today (26 Nov. 2015)
5. ^ Pisky, Ukrinform
6. ^ What the war in Ukraine looks like: B-sides after five days on the front, Washington Post (17 August 2015)
Fears of new flareup in Ukraine as violence grows on frontline, Yahoo! News (11 November 2015)
Situation in Donbas tense: 47 attacks in 24 hrs on ATO forces, UNIAN (7 February 2016)
7. ^ "Ukraine forces admit loss of Donetsk airport to rebels". The Guardian. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
"The cease-fire war in Donetsk". The Washington Post. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
8. ^ a b Return to the village on Ukraine's frontline, BBC News (8 February 2016)
9. ^ "Ukraine crisis: The town where war still rages on". BBC News Online. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
10. ^ Gibbons-Neff, Thomas (17 August 2015). "What the war in Ukraine looks like: B-sides after five days on the front". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
11. ^ Losh, Jack (30 December 2015). "Best of 2015: The Priest, the Pianist, a Cat, and a DIY Sauna—One Week in Ukraine's Forgotten War". Vice News. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
12. ^ "ОБСЄ: у Пісках залишилось лише шість жителів". Інформаційне агентство Українські Національні Новини (УНН). Всі онлайн новини дня в Україні за сьогодні - найсвіжіші, останні, головні. (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
13. ^ "Russian forces dress in Ukrainian military uniform during assault operations near Pisky General Staff report". news.yahoo.com. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
14. ^ "Russian-backed separatists say they have taken Pisky village in east Ukraine, TASS reports". Reuters. 5 August 2022.
15. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 11". The Institute for the Study of War. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
16. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 12". Institute for the Study of War. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
17. ^ "Allied forces fully liberate settlement of Peski in DPR — Russian top brass". TASS. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
18. ^ "Піски – під контролем України". Chanel 24. 14 August 2022.
19. ^ Axe, David. "The Russians Want Pisky. The Ukrainians Want Pisky. Neither Army Has Enough Troops For A Quick Victory". Forbes. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
20. ^ Stepanenko, Kateryna; Hird, Karolina; Kagan, Frederick W.; Barros, George (25 August 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 25". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pisky (Pokrovsk Raion).

* Weather forecast for Pisky

### Media coverage

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* The elderly couple trapped on Ukraine's frontline, BBC News Online, 9 February 2016 (video 2:16, in English/Russian)
* Return to the village on Ukraine's frontline, BBC News Online, 8 February 2016 (video 4:49, in English/Russian)

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Pokrovsk Raion

Administrative center: Pokrovsk

Cities|

* Avdiivka
* Bilozerske
* Bilytske
* Dobropillia
* Hirnyk
* Krasnohorivka
* Kurakhove
* Marinka
* Myrnohrad
* Novohrodivka
* Pokrovsk
* Rodynske
* Selydove
* Ukrainsk

Coat of arms of Pokrovsk Raion

Rural settlements|

* Blahodatne
* Hostre
* Hrodivka
* Illinka
* Kamianka
* Keramik
* Komyshivka
* Krynychne
* Kurakhivka
* Leontovychi
* Lozove
* Maiak
* Nevelske
* Novoekonomichne
* Ocheretyne
* Ostrivske
* Pisky
* Pivnichne
* Ptyche
* Shevchenko
* Stari Terny
* Stepove
* Sviatohorivka
* Tsukuryne
* Udachne
* Verkhniotoretske
* Vodianske
* Vyshneve

Villages|

* Arkhanhelske
* Avdiivske
* Bazhane
* Bazhane Druhe
* Bazhane Pershe
* Berdychi
* Dachne
* Dolynivka
* Halytsynivka
* Heorhiivka
* Illinka
* Ivanivka
* Izmailivka
* Kalynove
* Karlivka
* Katerynivka
* Kostiantynivka
* Kozatske
* Krasnyi Lyman
* Krasnyi Yar
* Kreminna Balka
* Lisivka
* Maksymilianivka
* Memryk
* Mezhove
* Mykhailivka
* Mykolaivka, Hrodivka
* Mykolaivka, Novohrodivka
* Netailove
* Novoandriivka
* Novobakhmutivka, Novobakhmutivka
* Novobakhmutivka, Soloviove
* Novodmytrivka
* Novokalynove
* Novomykhailivka
* Novooleksandrivka
* Novooleksiivka
* Novopokrovske
* Novoselivka
* Novoselivka Druha
* Novoselivka Persha
* Novoselydivka
* Opytne
* Orlivka
* Panteleimonivka
* Paraskoviivka
* Pobieda
* Prohres
* Semenivka
* Sokil
* Soloviove
* Soniachne
* Sontsivka
* Sukhi Yaly
* Tonenke
* Troitske
* Trudove
* Umanske
* Vasylivka
* Vesele, Hrodivka
* Vesele, Pokrovsk
* Vodiane
* Vovche
* Vovchenka
* Vovkove
* Voznesenka
* Yantarne
* Yasenove
* Yasnobrodivka
* Yasnohorivka
* Yevhenivka
* Zatyshok
* Zavitne

Hromadas|

* Avdiivka
* Bilozerske
* Dobropillia
* Hrodivka
* Kryvorizhzhia
* Kurakhove
* Marinka
* Myrnohrad
* Novohrodivka
* Ocheretyne
* Pokrovsk
* Selydove
* Shakhove
* Udachne

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Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast

Administrative center: Donetsk

Raions|

* Bakhmut
* Donetsk
* Horlivka
* Kalmiuske
* Kramatorsk
* Mariupol
* Pokrovsk
* Volnovakha

Hromadas|

* Amvrosiivka
* Andriivka
* Avdiivka
* Bakhmut
* Bilozerske
* Boikivske
* Chasiv Yar
* Cherkaske
* Chystiakove
* Debaltseve
* Dobropillia
* Dokuchaievsk
* Donetsk
* Druzhkivka
* Horlivka
* Hrodivka
* Illinivka
* Ilovaisk
* Kalchyk
* Kalmiuske
* Khartsyzk
* Khliobodarivka
* Khrestivka
* Komar
* Kostiantynivka
* Kramatorsk
* Kryvorizhzhia
* Kurakhove
* Lyman
* Makiivka
* Manhush
* Marinka
* Mariupol
* Mykolaivka
* Myrne
* Myrnohrad
* Nikolske
* Novoazovsk
* Novodonetske
* Novohrodivka
* Ocheretyne
* Oleksandrivka
* Olhynka
* Pokrovsk
* Sartana
* Selydove
* Shakhove
* Shakhtarsk
* Siversk
* Sloviansk
* Snizhne
* Soledar
* Starobesheve
* Staromlynivka
* Sviatohirsk
* Svitlodarsk
* Toretsk
* Udachne
* Velyka Novosilka
* Volnovakha
* Vuhledar
* Vuhlehirsk
* Yasynuvata
* Yenakiieve
* Zhdanivka
* Zvanivka

Cities|

* Amvrosiivka
* Avdiivka
* Bakhmut
* Bilozerske
* Bilytske
* Bunhe
* Chasiv Yar
* Chystiakove
* Debaltseve
* Dobropillia
* Dokuchaievsk
* Donetsk
* Druzhkivka
* Hirnyk
* Horlivka
* Ilovaisk
* Kalmiuske
* Khartsyzk
* Khrestivka
* Kostiantynivka
* Kramatorsk
* Krasnohorivka
* Kurakhove
* Lyman
* Makiivka
* Marinka
* Mariupol
* Mospyne
* Mykolaivka
* Myrnohrad
* Novoazovsk
* Novohrodivka
* Pokrovsk
* Rodynske
* Selydove
* Shakhtarsk
* Siversk
* Sloviansk
* Snizhne
* Soledar
* Sviatohirsk
* Svitlodarsk
* Toretsk
* Ukrainsk
* Volnovakha
* Vuhledar
* Vuhlehirsk
* Yasynuvata
* Yenakiieve
* Zalizne
* Zhdanivka
* Zuhres

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War in Donbas (2014–2022)

* Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War
* Followed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine

General
topics|

* Aircraft losses
* Humanitarian situation
* International reactions
* Sanctions
* Sanctioned people
* OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
* Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine
* Civil volunteer movement
* Little green men
* Joint Forces Operation
* Civil–military administrations

Timeline|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

Battles|

* Donetsk
* Artemivsk
* Sloviansk
* Kramatorsk
* 1st Mariupol
* Sievierodonetsk
* Karlivka
* 1st Donetsk Airport
* Luhansk border base
* Krasnyi Lyman
* Shakhtarsk Raion
* 95th Brigade raid
* Horlivka
* Yasynuvata
* Ilovaisk
* Novoazovsk
* 2nd Mariupol
* 2nd Donetsk Airport
* Debaltseve
* Shyrokyne
* Marinka
* Svitlodarsk
* Avdiivka

Airstrikes|

| Military|

* Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown
* 2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine
* Zelenopillia strike

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Civilian|

* Shelling of Donetsk, Rostov Oblast
* MH17 shoot-down
* reactions
* Novosvitlivka convoy strike
* Volnovakha bus attack
* Mariupol rocket attack
* Kramatorsk rocket attack
* Kharkiv bombing
* Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing

Reactions|

| Ukrainian|

* No to capitulation!

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(Pro-) Russian|

* Pro-Russian unrest
* Donbas referendums
* 2014 Donbas elections
* 2018 Donbas elections

International|

* UNSC Resolution 2166
* NATO summit in Wales
* Minsk Protocol
* 2014 G20 Brisbane summit
* Minsk II agreement

Self-proclaimed
states|

* Donetsk People's Republic (April 2014 – September 2022)
* Luhansk People's Republic (April 2014 – September 2022)
* Novorossiya (May 2014 – May 2015)
* International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic

(Pro-)
Russian|

| Organizations|

* Russian Armed Forces
* Wagner Group
* Separatist forces
* List of equipment
* Army of the South-East
* Russian Orthodox Army
* Vostok Battalion
* Kalmius Brigade
* Sparta Battalion
* Somalia Battalion
* Prizrak Brigade
* Political parties and movements
* Donetsk Republic
* New Russia Party
* Communist Party of DPR
* Peace to Luhanshchina
* Borotba
* Antifascist Committee of Ukraine
* Ukrainian Choice
* The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov
* Eurasian Youth Union
* Night Wolves
* Don Cossacks
* Internet Research Agency
* Russian Imperial Movement

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Lead figures|

* Russian
* Vladimir Putin
* Dmitry Medvedev
* Vladislav Surkov
* Sergei Shoigu
* Crimean
* Sergey Aksyonov
* Vladimir Konstantinov
* Natalia Poklonskaya
* Donetsk
* Vladimir Antyufeyev
* Eduard Basurin
* Fyodor Berezin
* Igor Bezler
* Alexander Borodai
* Mikhail Chumachenko
* Igor Girkin
* Pavel Gubarev
* Ekaterina Gubareva
* Igor Khakimzyanov
* Alexander Khodakovsky
* Vladimir Kononov
* Arsen Pavlov†
* Vyacheslav Ponomarev
* Andrei Purgin
* Denis Pushilin
* Mikhail Tolstykh†
* Alexander Zakharchenko†
* Sergei Zhurikov
* Luhansk
* Alexander Bednov†
* Valery Bolotov†
* Aleksey Karyakin
* Aleksandr Kharitonov
* Arsen Klinchaev
* Sergey Kozlov
* Aleksey Mozgovoy†
* Leonid Pasechnik
* Igor Plotnitsky
* Gennadiy Tsypkalov†
* Kharkiv
* Yevhen Zhylin†
* Others
* Aleksandr Dugin
* Nelya Shtepa
* Oleg Tsaryov

Ukrainian|

| Organizations|

* Government of Ukraine
* 1st Yatsenyuk
* 2nd Yatsenyuk
* Groysman
* Ministry of Internal Affairs
* National Guard
* Azov
* Donbas
* Patrol Police
* Dnipro-1
* Armed Forces of Ukraine
* Ukrainian Ground Forces
* Territorial defense battalions
* Aidar
* Dnipro-2
* Kryvbas
* Rukh Oporu
* Ukrainian Air Force
* Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
* Security Service of Ukraine
* Alpha Group
* Euromaidan Press
* State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
* Volunteer battalions
* Right Sector

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Lead figures|

* Petro Poroshenko
* Oleksandr Turchynov
* Arseniy Yatsenyuk
* Volodymyr Groysman
* Andriy Parubiy
* Arsen Avakov
* Vitali Klitschko
* Oleh Tyahnybok
* Yuriy Lutsenko
* Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
* Valeriy Heletey
* Stepan Poltorak
* Mykhailo Koval
* Mykhailo Kutsyn
* Oleh Makhnitskyi
* Viktor Muzhenko
* Vitaly Yarema
* Oleh Liashko
* Dmytro Yarosh
* Rinat Akhmetov
* Ihor Kolomoyskyi
* Serhiy Taruta
* Ihor Baluta
* Semen Semenchenko
* Hennadiy Moskal
* Nadiya Savchenko
* George Tuka
* Pavlo Zhebrivskyi

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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