world.wikisort.org - UkrainePopasna (Ukrainian: Попасна, Russian: Попасная, tr. Popasnaya) is a city in the Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. The town is currently occupied by Russian Forces. In 2013, it had almost 22,000 inhabitants. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Popasna Raion.
City in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
City in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
History
During World War II, in 1941–1943, the German occupiers operated a Nazi prison in the town.[2]
A local newspaper is published in the city since March 1979.[3]
On 19 June 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the town from pro-Russian separatists.[4] On 8 July 2014, the pro-Russian separatists retook control of the town.[5][6] On 22 July 2014 the Ukrainian Donbas Battalion retook the town from the pro-Russian separatists.[7][8] According to an eyewitness the pro-Russian separatists had abandoned the town that day.[7] Since then the city comes under periodic attack from the separatists.[9][10]
Land mines have been laid near Popasna.[11] In March 2015 the city only had two stores with some basic products and one pharmacy and residents received food distribution through a volunteer organization.[9] Meanwhile, residents complained about having to pay for public utilities and for having been cut off from social benefits supplied by the Ukrainian government.[9]
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- See also Battle of Popasna
In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Popasna was attacked by Russian forces.[12] During the Battle of Donbas (2022), the city has been at the frontlines of fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
In the fighting near Popasna, Russian forces reportedly damaged or destroyed every property in the town center. Seriy Hayday, the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, claimed that Russian forces were "removing [Popasna] from the map of Luhansk region".[13] On 8 May 2022, Governor of Luhansk Oblast Serhiy Haidai confirmed that Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat from the city of Popasna to take up more fortified positions, adding "everything was destroyed there". On 8 May, Ukrainian forces announced that they had withdrawn from Popasna, allowing Russia to fully occupy the town.[14]
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov stated that his troops now control most of the city.[15]
Photographic evidence as reveled by the governor of Luhansk Oblast that Russian forces had beheaded and dismembered a Ukrainian soldier and displayed his body parts stuck on poles in the captured city.[16]
On August 15, 2022, it was reported that Ukrainian forces bombed the regional headquarters of the Wagner Group after a pro-Kremlin reporter revealed its location at Mironovskaya 12 in a photo.[17]
The leader of the Russian proxy republic LNR stated there is no point in rebuilding the city destroyed during the Russian assault.[18]
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- "Gefängnis Popasna". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- № 2923. Знамя Октября // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.382
- (19 June 2014). Ukraine rebels speak of heavy losses in battle against government troops, Reuters
(in Ukrainian) In the National Security Council said that the border is still a hole, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 June 2014) - Ukraine Moves to Destroy Rebel Bases in East, Ruling Out Cease-Fire, Bloomberg News (8 July 2014)
- (in Ukrainian) Luhansk terrorists arranged himself a new headquarters in Popasna, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 July 2014)
- We Can Win After All, The Ukrainian Week (6 August 2015)
- (in Ukrainian) Popasna released, there hung Ukrainian flags, Ukrayinska Pravda (22 July 2014)
- People in Luhansk Oblast's Popasna suffer humanitarian crisis, Kyiv Post (2 March 2015)
- Luhansk authorities say militants shell Popasna, injure Ukrainian soldier, Kyiv Post (19 June 2015)
Ukrainian soldiers in Luhansk Oblast's Popasna brace for Independence Day attack, Kyiv Post (23 August 2015)
Militants fire mortar shells on Popasna town, Ukrinform (10 November 2015)
(in Ukrainian) Police recorded the effects of shelling residential neighborhoods Popasna - video, Hromadske Radio (27 October 2016)
Escalation in Donbas: 30 attacks on Ukraine troops, 3 WIA's in last day, UNIAN (3 December 2017
(in Ukrainian) The mercenaries fired a rocket, which caused a fire near Popasna, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 May 2021) - At least 2,353 soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine, Kyiv Post (24 September 2015)
- "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 21". The Institute for the Study of War. 2022-04-21.
- Drone footage shows how Russians destroyed one Ukrainian town in savage battle, CNN, 5 May 2022
- Reuters (2022-05-08). "Ukraine troops retreat from Popasna, Luhansk governor confirms". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- "Ukraine troops retreat from Popasna, Luhansk governor confirms". reuters.com. 8 May 2022.
- "Footage appears to show fresh atrocity against Ukrainian PoW". the Guardian. 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- "Ukraine hits Russian Wagner mercenary HQ in east". BBC News. 15 August 2022.
- Coynash, Halya (2022-08-15). "Russia razes Ukrainian city to the ground and says 'there's no point' to rebuilding it". Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
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[de] Popasna
Popasna (ukrainisch Попасна; russisch Попасная .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Popasnaja) ist eine Stadt in der Oblast Luhansk im Osten der Ukraine mit 21.257 Einwohnern (2013).[1]
- [en] Popasna
[es] Popásnaya
Popasna (en ucraniano, Попасна, en ruso, Попа́сная) es una ciudad del sudeste de Ucrania, en el óblast de Lugansk, y es el centro administrativo del raión de Popásnaya. Está situada a 71 kilómetros al oeste de Lugansk. Su población es de 21.917 habitantes (2013).[1]
[ru] Попасная
Попа́сная (укр. Попасна) — город районного значения в Луганской области Украины. До 2020 года административный центр Попаснянского района, после упразднения которого вошёл в состав Северодонецкого района.
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