Hostre
Hostre (Ukrainian: Гостре; Russian: Острое, romanized: Ostroye) is an rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The population is 557 (2022 estimate).
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces claimed to have taken control over the settlement on 25 September 2024.
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
References
- ^ "Hostre (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Christina Harward; George Barros; Davit Gasparyan; Grace Mappes; Kateryna Stepanenko; Haley Zehrung; Frederick W. Kagan (2024-09-23). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 23, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced near Maksymilyanivka and seized Hostre, but ISW has not observed confirmation of these claims.
- ^ "Russia Claims More Advances in Eastern Ukraine". The Moscow Times. 25 September 2024.
- ^ "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-09-25.