Zaitseve

• Name — Zaytseve • Native Name — Зайцеве • Settlement Type — Rural settlement • Established Date — 1938 • Area Total Km2 — 16.438 • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Total — 3919 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 84692 • Area Code — +380 6242 • Elevation M — 129 • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Oblast • Subdivision Name1 — Donetsk Oblast • Subdivision Type2 — Raion • Subdivision Name2 — Bakhmut Raion

Pro-Russian forces took the settlement under their control in the beginning of the War in Donbas, in 2014. Ukrainian forces have the settlement under control since the second half of 2015. The war has brought both civilian and military casualties. The settlement is located near the frontline between Ukrainian forces and the separatist Donetsk People's Republic in the war in Donbas. It is one of the suburbs of Horlivka that stayed under Ukrainian army control, unlike Horlivka which is under separatist control since April 2014. To facilitate the administration, the Ukrainian government transferred Zaitseve from the city of Horlivka to Bakhmut Raion, which is under the control of the central government. On February 21, 2022, pro-Russian rebels shelled the town, killing two soldiers. A civilian in the nearby village of Novoluhanske, 51 year old Roman Shyrokiy, also died, becoming the war's first civilian casualty in 2022. Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced a condemnation of the incident. • Illustration — Administrative system of Horlivka: • Districts of Horlivka: — Populated places: 1 — Hladosove 2 — Holmivskyi 3 — Zaitseve 4 — Mykhailivka 5 — Ozeryanivka 6 — Panteleymonivka 7 — Piatykhatky 8— Ryasne 9 — Stavky 10 — Fedorivka 11 — Shyroka Balka

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: • Russian 93.15% • Ukrainian 6.48%

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