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Marinka (Ukrainian: Мар'їнка, IPA: [ˈmɑrjinkɐ]; Russian: Марьинка, romanized: Maryinka) is an abandoned city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Its estimated population in 2022 was 9,089 [ 2 ] with 2001 estimates pinning it at 10,530.
The district was created in February 1923 as part of Donets Governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1932, it became part of the newly created Donetsk Oblast. [4] In 1933, three village councils were transferred from the Stalino (now Donetsk) city council to Marinka Raion. [5]
Marinka had been a frontline city held by Ukraine since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014 [1] and was an important part of the Ukrainian defensive line. . Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had said that since 2014, Ukrainian forces turned Marinka into a "powerful fortified area, which is connected by underground p
Marinka urban hromada (Ukrainian: Мар'їнська міська громада) is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Marinka. [1] It has an area of 485.3 square kilometres (187.4 sq mi) and a population of 33,643, as of 2020. [2]
The Battle of Marinka was a short battle in the war in Donbas in and around Marinka, Donetsk Oblast which took place on 3 June 2015. Ukrainian forces fought the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic's (DPR) Republican Guard and Pyatnashka Brigade under Akhra Avidzba . The town of Marinka was briefly seized by DPR forces before it was ...
Battle of Marinka (2022–2023), a battle during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Battle of Marinka .
Together with Avdiivka and Marinka the city was one of the three major strongholds of the Ukrainian army in the western part of Donetsk. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] After the Russian capture of Marinka at the end of 2023 and the fall of Avdiivka in February 2024 , Krasnohorivka was the last remaining stronghold of Ukraine in this sector of the frontline.
Other Ukrainian commanders in the area expressed concern about the stability of the town's defense, as local doctors received up to 60 Ukrainian casualties a day. The same source also claimed that the Russians were using a 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled heavy mortar, which, at 240mm, is the largest currently in use. [ 46 ]