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Ilovaisk

Coordinates: 47°55′34″N 38°11′38″E / 47.926°N 38.194°E / 47.926; 38.194
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Ilovaisk
Іловайськ
City
Map
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
15,949

Ilovaisk (Template:Lang-uk) is a city in Khartsyzk municipality, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city is known as a major regional railroad hub.[1] Population: 15,949 (2013 est.)[2]; 17,620 (2001). But since the Battle of Ilovaisk its train station is closed.[3]

Battle of Ilovaisk

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[4][5] including Ilovaisk.[6] On 19 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city centre from the pro-Russian separatists; fighting for control of other parts of the town continued.[7] The next morning they claimed they had control over one half of the town with the town divided by a railroad line.[8][9] On 21 August heavy fighting for control of the town (according to the Ukrainian army "in some districts of Ilovaisk", while the separatist claimed they had repelled the Ukrainian attacks and had surrounded a part of the Ukrainian troops) continued.[10][11] Fighting for control of the town continued over the next days.[12][13] The rebels have retaken the city as of Sep 1.[14]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[15]

References

  1. ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/219414.html
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ^ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/revisiting-donetsk-oblasts-ilovaisk-scene-of-horrific-massacre-in-august-392011.html
  4. ^ http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine
  5. ^ http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082
  6. ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/218968.html
  7. ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/218968.html
  8. ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/219171.html
  9. ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/219163.html
  10. ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/219399.html
  11. ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/219414.html
  12. ^ http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/donbas_says_it_destroyed_large_group_of_militants_near_ilovaisk_325619
  13. ^ http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/nsdc_reinforcements_already_near_ilovaisk_wounded_evacuated_325688
  14. ^ http://online.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-suffers-harsh-defeat-in-eastern-town-1409616541
  15. ^ [1]

47°55′34″N 38°11′38″E / 47.926°N 38.194°E / 47.926; 38.194