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Khriashchuvate

Coordinates:48°31′00″N39°25′17″E/ 48.51667°N 39.42139°E/48.51667; 39.42139
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Khriashchuvate
Хрящувате
Rural settlement
Khriashchuvate is located in Luhansk Oblast
Khriashchuvate
Khriashchuvate
Khriashchuvate is located in Ukraine
Khriashchuvate
Khriashchuvate
Coordinates:48°31′00″N39°25′17″E/ 48.51667°N 39.42139°E/48.51667; 39.42139
CountryUkraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
RaionLuhansk Raion
HromadaMolodohvardiisk urban hromada
Founded1951
Area
• Total6.054 km2(2.337 sq mi)
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
(2022)
• Total1,216
• Density200/km2(520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2(EET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+3(EEST)
Postal code
94457
Area code+380 06435

Khriashchuvate(Ukrainian:Хрящувате;Russian:Хрящеватое,romanized:Khryashchevatoye) is arural settlementinMolodohvardiisk urban hromada,Luhansk Raion,Luhansk Oblast(region),Ukraine,located 39 kilometres (24 mi) fromSorokyne.Khriashchuvate has been under the control of theLugansk People's Republic(LPR / LNR) from autumn 2014, in thewar in Donbas.[1]Following their 2022annexation referendum,Russiaclaimed the entireLuhansk Oblast,including Khriashchuvate, as part of their LPR / LNR.[2]As of 2022, the population of Khriashchuvate was 1216.[3]

History

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The settlement was founded in 1951, in the time of theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[4]The name Khriashchuvate comes from the "Khriash" stones which are found around the settlement. Khriashchuvate remained part of the Ukrainian SSR until its dissolution in 1991, and was from then part of independent Ukraine.[5]

From 2014, Khriashchuvate, as all of Donbas, became caught up in the aftermath ofEuromaidan.From April 2014, pro-Russia separatists started taking over parts of the south and east of Ukraine.[6]In April 2014, Luhansk and the surrounding area, including Khriashchuvate, was taken over by Russian-backed forces of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR / LNR).[7]The Ukrainian Government launched theirAnti-Terrorist Operationin mid-April 2014, with the aim of taking back all territories under separatist control.[8]In May, the2014 Donbass status referendumswere held. The referendums returned an overwhelming majority vote to cede from Ukraine into the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, however they were condemned by the west, and did not obtain international recognition.[9][10]

After several months of little military progress, in July 2014 theUkrainian forcesmade sweeping territorial gains, capturing swathes of territory from pro-Russia rebels across Donbas.[11]In late July, Ukrainian forces took control of Khriashchuvate, along with nearby Novosvitlivka. These locations were intended to be key staging posts for the larger Ukrainian objective of encircling, then taking control of, the city of Luhansk.[12][13]The next few weeks would see fierce fighting between sides. Despite having made advances and territorial gains in July, strong rebel resistance would see Ukrainian forces struggling to hold their positions in August.[12]In early August, Ukrainian forces stated that they were still in control of Khriashchuvate and Novosvitlivka.[14]In mid-August 2014, theNovosvitlivka refugee convoy attack,in which a truck carrying refugees fleeing war, including children, was hit by a missile strike with a reported minimum of 17 people, mostly civilians killed, occurred near Khriashchuvate, in territory controlled by Ukraine at that time.[15]Details of the event, and blame, are disputed.[16][17]

In the second half of August, Ukrainian sources were reporting fighting going on for control of the settlement.[13]Under heavy pressure, Ukrainian forces retreated from Khriashchuvate in late August 2024, as LPR forces took control of the settlement, and nearby Novosvitlivka.[1]Hostilities had seen Khriashchuvate largely destroyed.[12]Khriashchuvate would come to global attention in 2015, in the context of attention on the destroyed settlement ofPervomaisk,also in the LPR. UK Newspaper The Guardian cited Khriashchuvate and Novosvitlivka as being the first examples of settlements almost entirely destroyed by war.[18]

Under LPR control, the reconstruction of Khriashchuvate began in late 2014.[19]From autumn 2014, until early 2022, Khriashchuvate was part of the largely unrecognised LPR. Reconstruction work continued on the settlement throughout the years.[20]Khriashchuvate has not been an active theatre of conflict in the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.Russia's annexation referendum was held in Khriashchuvate in September 2022, and since then the settlement has been ade factopart of Russia, as well as remaining part of the LPR.[21]

Geography

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Khriashchuvate is 63 kilometres (39 mi) fromIzvarino,where there is the de jureinternational borderbetweenUkraineandRussia,however during thewar in Donbas,the LPR took control of the border, in autumn 2014.[22]From autumn 2014 until late 2022, Izvarino would serve as a border between the LPR and Russia. After Russia's annexation referendums of September 2022, Izvarino has served as a checkpoint between the LPR, andRostov Oblast.[2]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ab"Russian Mothers of Killed and Captured Soldiers Ask Why Our Sons Are Fighting in Ukraine".The Independent.31 August 2014.Retrieved28 March2023.
  2. ^ab"Moscow's proxies in occupied Ukraine regions report big votes to join Russia".Reuters.2022-09-27.Retrieved2022-09-27.
  3. ^"Хрящеватенский сельский совет"[Khriashchuvate village administration].Retrieved14 February2024.
  4. ^"Soviets Begin Recovery From Disaster's Damage".The Washington Post.27 October 1986.Retrieved15 February2024.
  5. ^"Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine".Verkhovna Radaof Ukraine.Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2007.Retrieved15 February2024.
  6. ^"'Casualties' in Ukraine gun battles ".BBC News.13 April 2014.Retrieved15 February2024.
  7. ^"Luhansk".Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine.Retrieved15 February2024.
  8. ^"NINE YEARS AGO, RUSSIA UNLEASHED WAR IN DO NBA S".April 13, 2023.Retrieved14 February2024.
  9. ^"Russia Calls for" Civilized Implementation "of East Ukraine Referendum Results".The Wall Street Journal.12 May 2014.Retrieved17 February2024.
  10. ^"Russia recognises Ukraine separatist regions as independent states".BBC News.21 February 2022.Archivedfrom the original on 21 February 2022.Retrieved17 February2024.
  11. ^"Ukraine marks 7th anniversary of Kramatorsk, Sloviansk liberation".Retrieved16 February2024.
  12. ^abc"NINE YEARS AGO, RUSSIA UNLEASHED WAR IN DO NBA S".April 13, 2023.Retrieved14 February2024.
  13. ^ab"Fighting underway near Novosvitlivka and Khriashchuvate in Luhansk region".August 19, 2014.Retrieved14 March2024.
  14. ^"Хрящеватенский сельский совет"[Khriashchuvate village administration].Retrieved14 February2024.
  15. ^"Ukraine refugee convoy hit by rockets, says military".BBC News.August 18, 2014.RetrievedFebruary 13,2024.
  16. ^"Dozens killed in attack on convoy, Ukraine says; rebels deny firing rocket".Reuters.August 18, 2014.RetrievedFebruary 13,2024.
  17. ^"Donetsk Republic PM dismisses refugee convoy shelling accusations".August 18, 2014.RetrievedFebruary 15,2024.
  18. ^"Ukraine's forgotten city destroyed by war".The Guardian.7 January 2015.Retrieved14 February2024.
  19. ^"В ЛНР начали восстанавливать разрушенные школы"[In the LNR Reconstruction Starts on Destroyed Schools] (in Russian). 2014-10-18.Retrieved2024-02-15.
  20. ^"В посёлке Хрящеватое открылся ещё один восстановленный после войны детский сад"[In the Settlement of Khriashchuvate yet another kindergarten restored after the war opens] (in Russian). 2016-09-14.Retrieved2024-02-15.
  21. ^"Residents of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions by the majority supported joining the Russian Federation".tass.ru.TASS. 2022-09-28.Archivedfrom the original on 28 September 2022.Retrieved2022-09-28.
  22. ^"Fighting rages on despite declared truce".BBC News.21 June 2014.Retrieved15 February2024.
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