This page provides information on the most recently known control of localities in Ukraine during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014 and escalated with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It includes all larger localities across the country, as well as some smaller localities close to current or recent lines of contact. It also includes a timeline of changes in territorial control, both of individual settlement captures and changes in the overall area under Russian control.
Name | Pop. | Raion | Held by | As of | More information |
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Cherkasy | 272,651 | Cherkasy | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Chyhyryn | 8,664 | Cherkasy | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Horodyshche | 13,304 | Cherkasy | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Kamianka | 11,146 | Cherkasy | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Kaniv | 23,503 | Cherkasy | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Khrystynivka | 10,068 | Uman | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi | 17,474 | Cherkasy | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Monastyryshche | 8,425 | Uman | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Shpola | 16,573 | Zvenyhorodka | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Smila | 66,475 | Cherkasy | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Talne | 13,012 | Zvenyhorodka | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Uman | 82,154 | Uman | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Vatutine | 16,096 | Zvenyhorodka | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Zhashkiv | 13,355 | Uman | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Zolotonosha | 27,458 | Zolotonosha | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Zvenyhorodka | 16,490 | Zvenyhorodka | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 |
Name | Pop. | Raion | Held by | As of | More information |
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Bakhmach | 17,192 | Nizhyn | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 | |
Baturyn | 2,458 | Nizhyn | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Bobrovytsia | 10,742 | Nizhyn | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 | |
Borzna | 9,632 | Nizhyn | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 | |
Chernihiv [lower-alpha 1] | 285,234 | Chernihiv | Ukraine [3] [4] | 25 Mar 2022 | See Siege of Chernihiv, Chernihiv bombing, Chernihiv breadline attack |
Horodnia | 11,710 | Chernihiv | Ukraine [5] | 2 Apr 2022 | Captured by Russia 24 February 2022. [6] Recaptured by Ukraine 2 April 2022. |
Ichnia | 10,585 | Pryluky | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Koriukivka | 12,409 | Koriukivka | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 | Captured by Russia 25 February 2022.[ citation needed ] Recaptured by Ukraine 4 April 2022. |
Kozelets | 7,646 | Chernihiv | Ukraine [7] | 29 Mar 2022 | Captured by Russia 3 March 2022.[ citation needed ] Recaptured by Ukraine 31 March 2022.[ citation needed ] |
Mena | 11,096 | Koriukivka | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 | |
Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske | 2,851 | Chernihiv | Ukraine [8] | 2 Apr 2022 | Captured by Russia 28 February 2022. [9] Recaptured by Ukraine 2 April 2022. [9] |
Nizhyn | 66,983 | Nizhyn | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Nosivka | 13,120 | Nizhyn | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Nova Basan | 2,929 | Nizhyn | Ukraine [4] [10] | 31 Mar 2022 | Captured by Russia 28 February 2022. [11] Recaptured by Ukraine 31 March 2022. [12] [13] |
Novhorod-Siverskyi | 12,647 | Novhorod-Siverskyi | Ukraine [14] | 11 Mar 2022 | |
Novyi Bykiv | 2,024 | Nizhyn | Ukraine [5] | 2 Apr 2022 | Captured by Russia 25 February 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine 31 March 2022. |
Oster | 5,655 | Chernihiv | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Pryluky | 52,553 | Pryluky | Ukraine | 1 Jan 2024 | |
Ripky | 6,807 | Chernihiv | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 | Captured by Russia 24 February 2022. [15] Recaptured by Ukraine 2 April 2022. |
Semenivka | 7,952 | Novhorod-Siverskyi | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 | Captured by Russia 24 February 2022. [6] Recaptured by Ukraine 4 April 2022. |
Snovsk | 10,825 | Koriukivka | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 | |
Sosnytsia | 6,708 | Koriukivka | Ukraine [1] [2] | 4 Apr 2022 |
Name | Pop. | Raion | Held by | As of | More information |
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Chernivtsi | 265,471 | Chernivtsi | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Hertsa | 2,108 | Chernivtsi | Ukraine | 2 Jan 2024 | |
Khotyn | 9,075 | Dnistrovskyi | Ukraine | 2 Jan 2024 | |
Kitsman | 6,135 | Chernivtsi | Ukraine | 2 Jan 2024 | |
Novodnistrovsk | 10,590 | Dnistrovskyi | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Novoselytsia | 7,514 | Chernivtsi | Ukraine | 2 Jan 2024 | |
Sokyriany | 8,652 | Dnistrovskyi | Ukraine | 2 Jan 2024 | |
Storozhynets | 14,138 | Storozhynets | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Vashkivtsi | 5,312 | Vyzhnytsia | Ukraine | 2 Jan 2024 | |
Vyzhnytsia | 3,875 | Vyzhnytsia | Ukraine | 2 Jan 2024 | |
Zastavna | 7,807 | Chernivtsi | Ukraine | 2 Jan 2024 |
Name | Pop. | Municipality or raion | Held by | As of | More information |
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Alupka | 8,087 | Yalta Municipality | Russia [16] | 4 Jan 2024 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Alushta | 30,194 | Alushta Municipality | Russia [16] | 4 Jan 2024 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Armiansk | 21,239 | Armiansk Municipality | Russia [16] | 4 Jan 2024 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Bakhchysarai | 26,090 | Bakhchysarai Raion | Russia [16] | 4 Jan 2024 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Bilohirsk | 16,354 [lower-alpha 2] | Bilohirsk Raion | Russia [16] | 4 Jan 2024 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Kerch | 149,566 | Kerch City | Russia [16] | 24 Feb 2022 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Sevastopol | 509,992 | none [lower-alpha 3] | Russia [16] | 24 Feb 2022 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Simferopol | 332,317 | Simferopol City | Russia [16] | 24 Feb 2022 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Yalta | 76,746 | Yalta City | Russia [16] | 24 Feb 2022 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Yevpatoria | 105,719 | Yevpatoria City | Russia [16] | 24 Feb 2022 | Captured by Russia on 27 February 2014. |
Name | Pop. | Raion | Held by | As of | More information |
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Andriivka | 71 | Bakhmut | Russia [19] | 16 Sep 2024 | Recaptured by Russia between around 28 November – 1 December 2022. [20] [21] [22] Recaptured by Ukraine between 14–15 September 2023. [23] Claimed by Russia on 23 May 2024. [24] Confirmed captured by Russia on 16 September 2024. [19] |
Arkhanhelske | 285 | Pokrovsk | Russia [25] | 4 May 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 30 April – 3 May 2024. [26] Recaptured by Russia on 3 May 2024. [25] |
Avdiivka | 31,940 | Pokrovsk | Russia [27] [28] | 17 Feb 2024 | See Battle of Avdiivka (2017), Battle of Avdiivka (2022–2024) Captured by Donetsk PR in mid-April 2014. Mostly recaptured by Ukraine 21 July 2014. Recaptured by Russia on 17 February 2024. [29] |
Bakhmut | 72,310 | Bakhmut | Russia [30] | 23 May 2023 | See Battle of Artemivsk (2014), Battle of Bakhmut (2022-2023) Captured by Donetsk PR in April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine on 6 July 2014. Recaptured by Russia on 20 May 2023. [31] [32] |
Bakhmutske | 612 | Bakhmut | Russia [33] | 27 Dec 2022 | Captured by Russia 27 December 2022 |
Berdychi | 267 | Pokrovsk | Russia [34] | 28 Apr 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 28 February – 27 April 2024. [35] [36] [37] Recaptured by Russia between around 20–27 April 2024. [38] [39] [34] |
Berestove | 1,278 | Bakhmut | Russia [40] | 28 Jul 2022 | Captured by Donetsk PR in July 2022. |
Blahodatne | 564 | Volnovakha | Ukraine | 24 Sep 2023 | Captured by Russia/ DPR in 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine on 10 June 2023. [41] |
Bohdanivka | 77 | Bakhmut | Russia [42] | 8 Apr 2024 | Contested by Russia between before 17 January – 8 April 2024. [43] Recaptured by Russia on 8 April 2024. [42] |
Bohorodychne | 794 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine | 11 Sep 2022 | See Sloviansk offensive Captured by Russia 11 July 2022. [44] Recaptured by Ukraine 11 September 2022. [45] [46] |
Chasiv Yar | 12,557 | Bakhmut | Contested [47] | 19 May 2024 | See Battle of Chasiv Yar Pressured by Russia between 4 April – 17 May 2024. [48] Contested by Russia since 17 May 2024. [47] |
Debaltseve | 24,316 | Horlivka | Russia | 20 Feb 2015 | See Battle of Debaltseve (2015) Captured by Donetsk PR in mid-April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine 29 July 2014. Recaptured by Donetsk PR 18 February 2015. |
Dobropillia | 28,170 | Pokrovsk | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
Donetsk | 905,364 | Donetsk | Russia [49] | 22 Feb 2022 | See March 2022 Donetsk attack Captured by Donetsk PR 7 April 2014. |
Druzhba | 1,860 | Bakhmut | Contested [50] | 3 Jul 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 18 June – 2 July 2024. [51] [52] Contested by Russia since around 3 July 2024. [50] Claimed captured by Russia on 31 August 2024. [53] |
Druzhkivka | 55,088 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [54] | 4 May 2022 | |
Halytsynivka | 1,111 | Pokrovsk | Russia [55] | 3 Sep 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 31 August – 2 September 2024. [56] Likely captured by Russia around 3 September 2024. [55] |
Heorhiivka | 1,167 | Pokrovsk | Russia [57] | 14 Jun 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 15 January – 5 June 2024. [58] Recaptured by Russia between around 5–14 June 2024. [59] [60] [57] |
Hirnyk | 10,357 | Pokrovsk | Contested [61] | 26 Sep 2024 | Claimed contested by Russian sources since 18 September 2024. [62] Confirmed contested by Russia since 26 September 2024. [61] |
Horlivka | 241,106 | Horlivka | Russia [63] | 9 Mar 2022 | See Battle of Horlivka (2014) Captured by Donetsk PR in mid-April 2014. |
Hostre | 557 | Pokrovsk | Contested [64] | 22 Sep 2024 | Contested by Russia since 12 September 2024. [64] Claimed captured by Russian sources on 22 September 2024. [65] |
Hrodivka | 2,299 | Pokrovsk | Contested [66] [67] | 14 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 4–12 August 2024. [68] Contested by Russia since around 13–15 August 2024. [67] [66] |
Ilovaisk | 17,620 | Donetsk | Russia | 20 Feb 2015 | See Battle of Ilovaisk (2014) Captured by Donetsk PR in mid-April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine 19 August 2014. Recaptured by Donetsk PR 1 September 2014. |
Ivanivka | 669 | Pokrovsk | Russia [69] | 13 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 25–31 July 2024. [70] [71] Contested by Russia between around 1–12 August 2024. [72] [68] [73] Captured by Russia around 13 August 2024. [69] |
Ivanivske | 1,369 | Bakhmut | Russia [74] [48] | 4 Apr 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 23 February – 23 March 2024. [75] [76] Recaptured by Russia around 23 March 2024. [77] [78] [48] |
Ivano-Daryivka | 23 | Bakhmut | Russia [79] | 19 Jul 2024 | Captured by Russia around 17 July 2024. [79] |
Kalynivka | 542 | Bakhmut | Contested [80] | 17 Jun 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 12–30 May 2024. [81] Contested by Russia since around 30 May 2024. [82] [83] [80] |
Kalynove | 219 | Pokrovsk | Russia [84] | 27 Aug 2024 | Captured by Russia on 27 August 2024. [84] |
Karlivka | 414 | Pokrovsk | Russia [56] | 30 Aug 2024 | Claimed contested by a Russian source starting 14 June 2024. [85] Contested by Russia between around 22 June – 29 August 2024. [86] Captured by Russia around 30 August 2024. [87] [56] |
Keramik | 339 | Pokrovsk | Russia [25] | 4 May 2024 | Pressured by Russia around 26 April 2024. Contested by Russia between around 27 April – early May 2024. [34] Fully recaptured by Russia between around 28 April – 3 May 2024. [39] [34] [25] |
Khromove | 833 | Bakhmut | Russia | 31 Dec 2023 | Recaptured by Russia on 29 November 2023. [88] [89] |
Klishchiivka | 512 | Bakhmut | Russia [80] | 17 Jun 2024 | Captured by Russia on 19 January 2023. Recaptured by Ukraine between 17–22 September 2023. [90] [91] Contested by Russia between around 19 – late May 2024. [92] Recaptured by Russia between around late May – 17 June 2024. [92] [93] [80] |
Komyshivka | 365 | Pokrovsk | Russia [94] | 22 Aug 2024 | Captured by Russia around 21 August 2024. [94] [95] |
Kostiantynivka | 68,792 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [96] [97] | 10 Mar 2022 | Captured by Donetsk PR in mid-April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine 7 July 2014. |
Kostiantynivka | 1,293 | Pokrovsk | Russia [98] | 28 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 5 June – 23 July 2024. [59] Contested by Russia between around 24 July – 26 August 2024. [70] Likely captured by Russia on 27 August 2024. [98] |
Kramatorsk | 150,084 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [54] | 4 May 2022 | See Battle of Kramatorsk (2014), Kramatorsk railway station attack Captured by Donetsk PR 12 April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine 5 July 2014. |
Krasna Hora | 584 | Bakhmut | Russia [99] | 11 Feb 2023 | Recaptured by Russia on 11 February 2023. |
Krasnohorivka | 14,917 | Pokrovsk | Russia [100] [17] | 10 Sep 2024 | See Battle of Krasnohorivka Contested by Russia between 8 April – 8 September 2024. [101] Captured by Russia on 9 September 2024. [100] |
Krasnohorivka (village) | 526 | Pokrovsk | Russia [102] | 17 Mar 2023 | |
Kurakhove | 18,220 | Pokrovsk | Ukraine | 28 Aug 2024 | |
Lastochkyne | 617 | Pokrovsk | Russia [103] | 24 Feb 2024 | Recaptured by Russia on 24 February 2024. [103] |
Lyman | 20,469 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [104] [105] | 1 Oct 2022 | See Battle of Krasnyi Lyman (2014), First battle of Lyman, Second battle of Lyman Captured by Donetsk PR in mid-April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine 5 June 2014. Recaptured by Russia/ DPR 27 May 2022. [106] [107] [108] [109] Recaptured by Ukraine on 1 October 2022. [104] [105] [110] |
Lozuvatske | 17 | Pokrovsk | Russia [111] | 26 Jul 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 16–25 July 2024. [112] Captured by Russia around 26 July 2024. [111] |
Makarivka | 258 | Volnovakha | Ukraine | 24 Sep 2023 | Captured by Russia/ DPR in 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine between 13–14 June 2023. [113] |
Makiivka | 340,337 | Donetsk | Russia [63] | 9 Mar 2022 | Captured by Donetsk PR on 13 April 2014. |
Maksymilianivka | 2,171 | Pokrovsk | Contested [114] | 29 Jun 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 14 June – 29 June 2024. [57] Contested by Russia since around 29 June 2024. [114] |
Mezhove | 36 | Pokrovsk | Russia [94] | 22 Aug 2024 | Captured by Russia around 19 August 2024. [94] [115] |
Marinka | 10,722 | Pokrovsk | Russia [116] | 25 Dec 2023 | See Battle of Marinka (2015), Battle of Marinka (2022–2023) Captured by Donetsk PR in mid-April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine on 5 August 2014. Contested by Russia between around spring 2022 and 24 December 2023. [117] [118] Recaptured by Russia on 24–25 December 2023. [119] [116] |
Mariupol [lower-alpha 1] | 431,859 | Mariupol | Russia [120] | 17 May 2022 | See Battle of Mariupol (2014), 2014 offensive, 2015 attack, Siege of Mariupol, Hospital airstrike, Theatre airstrike Partially captured by Donetsk PR 9 May 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine 13 June 2014 Recaptured by Russia/ DPR on 16 May 2022. [120] |
Mykhailivka | 1,269 | Pokrovsk | Russia [121] | 1 Sep 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 18–25 August 2024. [122] Contested by Russia between around 26–31 August 2024. [123] [124] Likely captured by Russia around 1 September 2024. [121] |
Mykolaivka | 101 | Pokrovsk | Contested [61] | 26 Sep 2024 | Contested by Russia since around 24 September 2024. [61] |
Mykolaivka | 805 | Pokrovsk | Russia [125] | 24 Aug 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 14–16 August 2024. [66] Claimed captured by Russian sources on 16 August 2024. [126] Captured by Russia between around 17–23 August 2024. [127] [125] |
Myrnohrad | 46,098 | Pokrovsk | Ukraine | 29 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia since around 29 August 2024. [124] |
Neskuchne | 644 | Volnovakha | Ukraine | 24 Sep 2023 | Captured by Russia/ DPR in Spring 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine on 10 June 2023. [41] |
Nelipivka | 977 | Bakhmut | Contested [128] | 22 Sep 2024 | Claimed contested by Russia since around 19 August 2024. [129] Confirmed contested by Russia since 5 September 2024. [128] Claimed captured by a Russia source on 22 September 2024. [65] |
Netailove | 1,141 | Pokrovsk | Russia [130] | 21 May 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 16–27 April 2024. [131] Contested by Russia between around 28 April – 18 May 2024. [34] [132] Recaptured by Russia between around 18–20 May 2024. [92] [130] |
Nevelske | 283 | Pokrovsk | Russia [133] | 10 Aug 2024 | Recaptured by Russia around 12 March 2024. [134] [135] Recaptured by Ukraine before 4 May 2024. [136] Pressured by Russia between around 14 May – 11 June 2024. [137] Contested by Russia between around 12 June – 8 August 2024. [138] Recaptured by Russia on 9 August 2024. [133] |
New York | 9,735 | Bakhmut | Contested [139] | 19 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 18 June – 2 July 2024. [51] [52] Contested by Russia since around 3 July 2024. [139] Claimed captured by Russian sources since 18 August 2024. [122] [129] |
Novobakhmutivka | 191 | Pokrovsk | Russia [140] | 25 Apr 2024 | Contested by Russia between 23–24 April 2024. [141] Recaptured by Russia on 24 April 2024. [142] [143] [140] |
Novohrodivka | 14,037 | Pokrovsk | Russia [144] [145] | 27 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 14–21 August 2024. [66] [146] [129] Contested by Russia between around 22–26 August 2024. [147] [148] Captured by Russia around 27 August 2024. [144] [145] [149] [150] |
Novokalynove | 521 | Pokrovsk | Russia [39] | 27 Apr 2024 | Contested by Russia between 16–27 April 2024. [151] [152] Recaptured by Russia around 27 April 2024. [39] |
Novoluhanske | 3,700 | Bakhmut | Russia [153] | 26 May 2022 | Captured along with Vuhlehirske Power Plant by Russia/ DPR on 26 July 2022 [154] |
Novomaiorske | 551 | Volnovakha | Russia [155] | 10 Apr 2022 | |
Novomykhailivka | 1,439 | Pokrovsk | Russia [141] | 23 Apr 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 6 February – 21 April 2024. [156] Captured by Russia around 22 April 2024. [157] [158] [141] |
Novooleksandrivka | 693 | Pokrovsk | Russia [159] | 11 Jun 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 6 May – 7 June 2024. [160] [161] [93] Contested by Russia between around 8–10 June 2024. [162] Recaptured by Russia around 10 June 2024. [159] |
Novopokrovske | 64 | Pokrovsk | Russia [163] | 13 Jun 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 7 May – 9 June 2024. [164] Contested by Russia between around 10–12 June 2024. [165] Recaptured by Russia between 12–13 June 2024. [138] [163] |
Novoselivka | 541 | Pokrovsk | Russia | 14 May 2022 | |
Novoselivka Persha | 942 | Pokrovsk | Russia [166] | 29 Jul 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 12 June – 10 July 2024. [138] Contested by Russia between around 11–28 July 2024. [167] Captured by Russia around 29 July 2024. [166] |
Novosilka | 104 | Volnovakha | Ukraine [168] | 4 May 2022 | |
Novotroitske | 6,445 | Volnovakha | Russia [169] [170] | 6 May 2022 | Captured by Donetsk PR 11 March 2022. |
Novozhelanne | 274 | Pokrovsk | Russia [129] | 18 Aug 2024 | Captured by Russia around 18 August 2024. [129] |
Ocheretyne | 3,378 | Pokrovsk | Russia [25] | 4 May 2024 | See Battle of Ocheretyne Pressured by Russia between 17–21 April 2024. [131] Contested by Russia between around 22–30 April 2024. [158] Fully recaptured by Russia around 30 April 2024. [25] |
Olenivka | 4,534 | Kalmiuske | Russia [171] | 1 May 2022 | See Olenivka prison massacre Captured by Donetsk PR in September 2014 |
Orikhovo-Vasylivka | 227 | Bakhmut | Ukraine | 15 Dec 2023 | |
Orlivka | 297 | Pokrovsk | Russia [66] | 14 Aug 2024 | Captured by Russia on 14 August 2024. [66] |
Orlivka | 874 | Pokrovsk | Russia [172] | 25 Mar 2024 | Recaptured by Russia between around 29 February – 19 March 2024. [35] [173] [174] [172] |
Pavlivka | 2,505 | Volnovakha | Russia [175] | 14 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia/ DPR 13 March 2022.[ citation needed ] Recaptured by Ukraine 21 June 2022.[ citation needed ] Recaptured by Russia between 11–14 November 2022. [176] [175] |
Paraskoviivka | 2,810 | Bakhmut | Russia [177] | 18 Feb 2023 | See Battle of Artemivsk Captured by Donetsk PR during the Battle of Artemivsk. Recaptured by Ukraine on 6 July 2014 [178] . Recaptured by Russia on 18 February 2023. [179] |
Paraskoviivka | 52 | Pokrovsk | Russia [180] [85] | 15 Jun 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 5–18 May 2024. [136] Contested by Russia between around 19 May – 5 June 2024. [47] [59] Captured by Russia between around 5–14 June 2024. [162] [85] [180] |
Pervomaiske | 2,208 | Pokrovsk | Russia [101] | 10 Apr 2024 | Contested by Russia/ DPR between summer 2022 – 9 April 2024. [181] [ better source needed ] Recaptured by Russia around 9 April 2024. [182] [101] |
Pisky | 6 | Pokrovsk | Russia [183] | 31 Aug 2022 | See Battle of Pisky Population was 2,160 in 2001, but most residents left during the War in Donbas. |
Pivdenne | 1,404 | Bakhmut | Russia [128] [17] | 6 Sep 2024 | Contested by Russia since around 29 June 2024. [114] Claimed captured by Russia on 30 July 2024. [184] Confirmed captured by Russia on 5 September 2024. [128] [17] |
Pivnichne | 9,024 | Bakhmut | Contested [86] | 31 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia between 18–21 June 2024. [51] [52] Contested by Russia since 21 June 2024. [185] [186] Claimed captured by Russia on 31 August 2024. [56] |
Pobieda | 144 | Pokrovsk | Russia [187] | 21 Feb 2024 | Recaptured by Russia on 21 February 2024. [187] |
Pokrovsk | 61,161 | Pokrovsk | Ukraine [188] | 25 May 2022 | See Pokrovsk offensive Subject to repeated rocket attacks since late May 2022. |
Pokrovske | 1,333 | Bakhmut | Russia | 27 Jul 2022 | |
Prohres | 390 | Pokrovsk | Russia [79] | 19 Jul 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 26 June – 17 July 2024. [189] Contested by Russia on 18 July 2024. [190] Captured by Russia on 19 July 2024. [79] |
Ptyche | 274 | Pokrovsk | Russia [94] | 22 Aug 2024 | Captured by Russia on 22 August 2024. [94] |
Prechystivka | 898 | Volnovakha | Russia [191] | 5 Sep 2024 | Captured by Russia around 3 September 2024. [192] [191] |
Raihorodok | 3,342 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [17] | 9 Sep 2022 | |
Rivnopil | 98 | Volnovakha | Ukraine | 24 Sep 2023 | Captured by Russia/ DPR before the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive. Recaptured by Ukraine on 26 June 2023. [193] |
Rozdolivka | 740 | Bakhmut | Russia [194] | 3 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 14 May – 11 June 2024. [137] Contested by Russia between around 12 June – 19 July 2024. [163] [180] Claimed captured by Russian sources around 28 June 2024. [195] Captured by Russia between around 19 July – 3 August 2024. [194] [196] |
Sakko i Vantsetti | 3 | Bakhmut | Russia | 6 Feb 2023 | Recaptured by Russia on 31 January 2023. |
Selydove | 21,916 | Pokrovsk | Contested [197] | 28 Sep 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 28 August – 5 September 2024. [98] [124] [198] Likely recaptured by Ukraine around 6 September 2024. [19] Contested by Russia since around 27 September 2024. [197] |
Semenivka | 182 | Pokrovsk | Russia [34] | 28 Apr 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 28 March – 26 April 2024. [199] [200] Recaptured by Russia between around 20–26 April 2024. [201] [158] [202] |
Serebrianka | 869 | Bakhmut | Ukraine [17] | 4 Sep 2022 | |
Serhiivka | 159 | Pokrovsk | Russia | 15 Aug 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 27 July – 2 August 2024. [203] [204] Contested by Russia between around 3–6 August 2024. [194] Claimed captured by Russian sources on 3 August 2024. [194] [205] [206] Captured by Russia around 7 August 2024. [66] [207] |
Shandryholove | 1,035 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [208] | 27 Sep 2022 | |
Shchurove | 264 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [209] | 19 Sep 2022 | |
Shevchenko | 1,654 | Pokrovsk | Ukraine [210] | 26 Sep 2022 | |
Shumy | 95 | Bakhmut | Russia [86] | 23 Jun 2024 | Recaptured by Russia on 21 June 2024. [211] [86] |
Sieverne | 40 | Pokrovsk | Russia [212] | 27 Feb 2024 | Recaptured by Russia between 22–26 February 2024. [103] [213] |
Siversk | 11,068 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [214] | 25 May 2022 | |
Sloviansk | 106,972 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [54] | 4 May 2022 | See Murder of Pentecostals in Sloviansk (2014), Siege of Sloviansk Captured by Donetsk PR in mid-April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine 5 July 2014. |
Sokil | 66 | Pokrovsk | Russia [215] | 6 Jul 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 27 May – 6 June 2024. [216] Contested by Russia between around 7 June – 3 July 2024. [217] [218] [50] Captured by Russia around 6 July 2024. [215] |
Skuchne | 14 | Pokrovsk | Russia [94] | 22 Aug 2024 | Captured by Russia around 19 August 2024. [94] [115] |
Soledar | 10,692 | Bakhmut | Russia [219] | 16 Jan 2023 | See Battle of Soledar Captured by Donetsk PR in April 2014. Recaptured by Ukraine in July 2014. Recaptured by Russia 16 January 2023. |
Solodke | 525 | Volnovakha | Russia [220] | 5 Jul 2022 | Recaptured by Ukraine 5 July 2022. Recaptured by Russia/ DPR 19 August 2022. |
Soloviove | 223 | Pokrovsk | Russia [39] | 27 Apr 2024 | Recaptured by Russia on 25 April 2024. [140] [202] [39] |
Spirne | 80 | Bakhmut | Russia [79] | 3 Jul 2024 | Contested by Russia around August–September 2022. [221] [222] [223] Contested by Russia between around 27 December 2023 – 16 July 2024. [224] Claimed captured by Russia since 30 June 2024. [50] Confirmed captured by Russia on 17 July 2024. [79] |
Staromaiorske | 839 | Volnovakha | Russia [165] | 10 Jun 2024 | Captured by Russia/ DPR in 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine between 27–28 July 2023. [225] Contested by Russia between 8 May – 9 June 2024. [161] [226] [93] Recaptured by Russia on 10 June 2024. [227] [165] |
Staromlynivka | 2,635 | Volnovakha | Russia [228] | 13 Mar 2022 | Captured by Russia/ DPR 13 March 2022. |
Stepove | 62 | Pokrovsk | Russia [212] | 27 Feb 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 10 November 2023 and 23 February 2024. [229] Recaptured by Russia around 23 February 2024. [103] [212] |
Storozheve | 96 | Volnovakha | Ukraine | 24 Sep 2023 | Captured by Russia/ DPR in 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine on 11 June 2023. [41] |
Sviatohirsk | 4,309 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine | 11 Sep 2022 | See Battle of Sviatohirsk Captured by Russia/ DPR between 8 [230] and 14 June 2022. [231] Recaptured by Ukraine 11 September 2022. [232] [46] |
Svitlodarsk | 11,281 | Bakhmut | Russia [233] [234] | 24 May 2022 | Captured by Russia/ DPR on 24 May 2022. [233] [234] |
Terny | 764 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine [195] | 28 Jun 2024 | Captured by Russia 23 April 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine first week of October 2022. [235] Pressured by Russia between around ?[ when? ] – late April 2024.[ citation needed ] [186] [236] [195] |
Tonenke | 320 | Pokrovsk | Russia [237] | 21 Mar 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 26 February – March 2024. [213] [173] Mostly captured by Russia well before 16 March 2024. [135] Fully captured by Russia on 21 March 2024. [237] |
Toretsk | 30,914 | Bakhmut | Contested [147] | 23 Aug 2024 | See Battle of Toretsk Pressured by Russia between around 5 July – 21 August 2024. [238] Contested by Russia since around 22 August 2024. [239] [147] |
Torske | 1,652 | Kramatorsk | Ukraine | 28 Sep 2023 | Captured by Russia/ DPR around 19–20+ April 2022. [240] |
Tsukuryne | 1,745 | Pokrovsk | Ukraine | 11 Sep 2024 | |
Ukrainsk | 10,655 | Pokrovsk | Russia [241] | 17 Sep 2024 | Pressured by Russia between around 29 August – 5 September 2024. [124] Claimed contested by Russian sources starting 29 August 2024. [124] Contested by Russia between around 6–16 September. [242] Confirmed with geolocated footage to be contested by 11 September. [64] Captured by Russia on 17 September 2024. [241] |
Umanske | 176 | Pokrovsk | Russia [24] | 23 May 2024 | Contested by Russia between around 9–20 May 2024. [243] Recaptured by Russia around 20 May 2024. [24] |
Urozhaine | 1,000 | Volnovakha | Russia [244] [245] | 13 Jul 2024 | Captured by Russia/ DPR in 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine between 15–16 August 2023. [246] Pressured by Russia between around 1–7 May 2024. [26] Contested by Russia between around 8 May – 12 July 2024. [161] Recaptured by Russia around 13 July 2024. [244] [245] |
Vasiukivka | 601 | Bakhmut | Ukraine |