Bilohorivka, Donetsk Oblast

For other uses, see Bilohorivka (disambiguation).

Bilohorivka Білогорівка
Village
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Coordinates: 48.733056°N 38.215556°E / 48.733056; 38.215556
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Bakhmut Raion
Hromada	Soledar urban hromada
Elevation	132 m (433 ft)
Population  (2001 census)[1]
• Total	134
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	84542
Area code	+380 6274

Bilohorivka (Ukrainian: Білогорівка; Russian: Белогоровка) is a village in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located approximately 82 kilometres (51 mi) north-north-east from the centre of Donetsk and 46 kilometres (29 mi) east from Kramatorsk.

The village came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.^[2][3] Since November 2022, it has been occupied.

History

As of 27 June 2022, according to the Ukrainian-based DeepStateMap.Live, the eastern end of Bilohorivka (east of the main highway) was occupied by Russian forces.^{[4][better source needed]}

On 30 November 2022, the Russian Armed Forces re-captured the village.^{[5][better source needed]}

References

1. Population of the localities of the Donetsk region on the basis of the census as of December 5, 2001
2. Andrzej Wilk; Piotr Żochowski; Sławomir Matuszak (25 May 2022). "Russia's attack on Ukraine: day 90". osw.waw.pl. Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved 26 May 2022. The invaders are also attempting to cut the Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway (by storming Yakovlivka and Bilohorivka in the Donetsk Oblast) and to capture the Horlivka-Popasna route (battles are being fought over the Troits'ke and Luhanske regions on the border, with 10 km of road between them remaining in Ukrainian hands).
3. Andrzej Wilk; Piotr Żochowski; Krzysztof Nieczypor (26 May 2022). "Russia's attack on Ukraine: day 91". osw.waw.pl. Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved 26 May 2022. The defenders are trying to prevent the seizure of the Lysychansk–Bakhmut road section in the Donetsk Oblast, halting the assaults in the Biolohorivka–Nahirne–Berestove area.
4. "DeepStateMAP - Day 124 - Map of the war in Ukraine". DeepStateMap.Live. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
5. Новости, Р. И. А. (30 November 2022). "Российские военные полностью освободили Белогоровку". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 30 November 2022.