Spirne
Rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Spirne (Ukrainian: Спі́рне; Russian: Спорное; lit. "disputed") is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Soledar urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Spirne
Спі́рне | |
|---|---|
  Spirne Location of Spirne within Donetsk Oblast  Spirne Spirne (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48.807°N 38.246°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine (de jure)  Russia (de facto) |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Raion | Bakhmut Raion |
| Hromada | Soledar urban hromada |
| Elevation | 174 m (571 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 79 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 84541 |
| Area code | +380 6274 |
A gas compression station and farm are located in the settlement, and the Mount Vesuvius Nature Reserve is located nearby.
History
Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
In July 2022, during and after the Battle of Siversk, the settlement was a site of heavy fighting between Russia and Ukraine.[2][3] It was contested by Russia between August and September 2022, but was not captured by Russia during that period.[4][5] It was again contested between late December 2023 and late June – early July 2024. Russian forces reached the eastern outskirts of the settlement on December 27, 2023.[6] The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed their forces to have seized the village on June 30,[7] and this was confirmed by the Institute for the Study of War on 19 July through the capture of the village to the northwest, Ivano-Daryivka, on 17 July.[8]
On June 21, 2025, during the Battle of Siversk, the village of Spirne was completely controlled by Russian forces.[9]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 79 inhabitants, whose native languages were 70.00% Ukrainian and 30.00% Russian.[1]
