Snizhne

Snizhne
Сніжне
City of regional significance

Mining company office in Snizhne

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Snizhne
Snizhne
Coordinates: 48°01′41.8″N 38°45′56.2″E / 48.028278°N 38.765611°E / 48.028278; 38.765611Coordinates: 48°01′41.8″N 38°45′56.2″E / 48.028278°N 38.765611°E / 48.028278; 38.765611
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk
Founded 1784
Incorporated 1938
Area
 • Total 87.2 km2 (33.7 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 49,564
Website http://snezhnoe-rada.gov.ua/

Snizhne (Ukrainian: Сніжне; Russian: Снежное — Snezhnoye; until 1864 — Vasylivka — Ukrainian: Василівка) is a city of oblast significance in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Oblast. Along with cities of Shakhtarsk and Torez, it is surrounded by Shakhtarsk Raion, according to the regional territorial division. The eastern edge of Snizhne is adjacent to administrative border of Luhansk Oblast. Population: 48,485 (2013 est.)[2].

During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine the town was held by separatists. On July 15, 2014, rockets from an unidentified aircraft struck the town hitting an apartment building and a tax office, leaving at least eleven people dead and eight injured. Separatists blamed the Ukrainian Air Force for the attack, but Ukrainian sources denied it and stated that since the incident where a An-26 plane was shot down they have carried out no flights there. Instead they blamed Russian jets.[3] After the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 17, 2014, a YouTube video and photo emerged with citizen journalists claiming the material was from Snizhne and showed a Buk missile launcher.[4] On 22 July 2014 U.S. intelligence officials claimed that a Buk missile system had shot down Flight 17 from the Snizhne vicinity.[5]

Fighting for the control of the town between the separatists and the Ukrainian army broke out on 28 July 2014.[6][7][8]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[9]

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References

  1. ↑ Государственный комитет статистики Украины. Численность населения Украины на 1 января 2011 года (Державний комітет статистики України. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2011 року
  2. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ukraine conflict: Jet bombs rebel-held town of Snizhne". BBC. 15 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "How Open Source Investigation Found The Buk Missile Launcher That Downed Flight MH17".
  5. ↑ http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-officials-lay-out-case-against-russians-1406063846
  6. ↑ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/215712.html
  7. ↑ http://un.ua/eng/article/523380.html
  8. ↑ https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24567037/mh17-afp-again-abandon-bid-to-reach-malaysia-airlines-crash-site-after-driving-into-battle-zone/
  9. ↑
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