Novohrodivka Новогродівка | |
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| Coordinates:48°12′00″N37°20′22″E / 48.20000°N 37.33944°E /48.20000; 37.33944 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Hromada | Novohrodivka urban hromada |
| Founded | 1939 |
| City rights | 1958 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 14,037 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
| Climate | Dfb |
Novohrodivka (Ukrainian:Новогродівка,IPA:[nowoˈɦrɔd⁽ʲ⁾iu̯kɐ];Russian:Новогродовка,romanized: Novogrodovka) is a city inPokrovsk Raion,Donetsk Oblast,Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center ofNovohrodivka urban hromada. The city had a pre-war population of14,037 (2022 estimate).[1] The city has been underRussian occupation since August 2024.[2]
It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) fromDonetsk and seven kilometres (4.3 mi) fromSelydove.[3]
The settlement was founded in 1939 asHrodivka with the construction of a coal mine.[3] The settlement was occupied byNazi Germany from October 1941 to September 1943 duringWorld War II.[3]
Novohrodivka received city status and its modern name in 1958.[3]
In 2020, Novohrodivka became part ofPokrovsk Raion and the administrative center of the newly formedNovohrodivka urban hromada.[3]
The city has repeatedly come under Russian strikes during theRussian invasion of Ukraine, causing damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties.[4][5][6] In August 2024, amidst recent Russian advances in the area near Novohrodivka, theDonetsk Oblast Military Administration ordered the evacuation of 744 children and their families from the city.[7]
On 16 August, during the ongoingPokrovsk offensive, Russia was reportedly attempting to storm the city.[8] By 19 August, the population had reportedly decreased to 1,500.[9] On 22 August, Russian forces entered the city from the east.[10] By 27 August, Russian forces occupied almost the entirety of the city,[11] and by 28 August were widely reported to have fully captured it.[12]
As of the2001 Ukrainian census:[13][14]
Nine others, including four children, were wounded in a drone attack and shelling in the town of Novohrodivka, in the frontline Donetsk region, governor Vadym Filashkin said.
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