Sukha Balka (Ukrainian: Суха Балка; Russian: Сухая Балка) is a rural settlement in Toretsk municipality of Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 40.6 km NNW from the centre of Donetsk city, at 14.5 km SW from Toretsk.

Sukha Balka Суха Балка
Sukha Balka Location of Sukha Balka within Ukraine
Coordinates: 48.317778°N 37.764444°E / 48.317778; 37.764444
Country	Ukraine
Province	Donetsk Oblast
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	649
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	85299
Area code	+380 6247

On 22 August 2006 a Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise flight crashed near the settlement.[1] All 170 people on board were killed.[1]

The War in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. A male civilian was killed by shelling on 14 June 2017.[2]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 649 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]

• Ukrainian — 6.16%
• Russian — 93.84%

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На других языках

[ru] Сухая Балка (Донецкая область)