Bahatyr
Village in Donetsk Oblast
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Bahatyr (Ukrainian: Багатир; Russian: Богатырь, romanized: Bogatyr) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Bahatyr
Багатир | |
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 Monument to the participants in the Russian Civil War and Soviet soldiers in Bahatyr. | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Bahatyr  Bahatyr | |
| Coordinates: 47°59′34″N 36°56′11″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
| Hromada | Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 55 |
History
On 30 August 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Russian military shelled the village using the S-300 missile system, killing two civilians and wounding seven.[1][2] On 12 October 2023, the Russians again shelled the village using the Smerch missile system, killing one child and injuring another child and a woman.[3] The settlement allegedly was captured by Russia on 17 May 2025.[4] The capture of the village by the Russian army was definitively confirmed on 29 June, after two long weeks of fighting.[5]
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1695 people. In terms of native language, 7.61% of them spoke Ukrainian, 90.97% spoke Russian and 1.18% spoke Greek (including Mariupol Greek and Urum[6]).[7]