Sakhanka
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Sakhanka
Саханка | |
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 Interactive map of Sakhanka | |
  Sakhanka Location of Sakhanka within Ukraine  Sakhanka Sakhanka (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°7′44″N 37°51′17″E / 47.12889°N 37.85472°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kalmiuske Raion |
| Hromada | Novoazovsk urban hromada |
| Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,086 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 87651 |
| Area code | +380 6296 |
Sakhanka (Ukrainian: Саханка; Russian: Саханка) is a village in Kalmiuske Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 126 km south from the centre of Donetsk city; the SE part of the village borders with the Sea of Azov.
During the war in Donbas pro-Russian forces took the settlement under their control. In August 2021, it was one of the sites of the Sakhanka and Uzhivka killings.
