Sosnove, Donetsk Oblast
Sosnove (Ukrainian: Соснове; Russian: Сосновое) is a rural settlement (selyshche) in Kramatorsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 119.8 kilometres (74.4 mi) north-northwest (NNW) of the centre of Donetsk city. It belongs to Lyman urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and was regained by Ukrainian forces in September the same year. The village was completely destroyed as a result of the war.
References
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Kateryna Stepanenko; Mason Clark; George Barros (4 June 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 4". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
Russian Telegram channels claimed that Russian forces seized Sosnove just north of Sviatohirsk and Brusivka, approximately 9km southwest of Lyman.
- ^ Kateryna Stepanenko; Katherine Lawlor; Grace Mappes; George Barros; Frederick W. Kagan (15 September 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
A Russian source claimed that Ukrainian forces expelled Russian forces from Sosnove on the north bank of the Siverskyi Donets River and are fortifying positions at the settlement. The source also reported that Russian forces may have pulled out from Studenok immediately west of Sosnove to avoid encirclement.
