Volodyne (Ukrainian: Воло́дине) is a village in Staromlynivka rural hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Volodyne Воло́дине | |
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Village | |
  Volodyne Location of Volodyne within Donetsk Oblast  Volodyne Volodyne (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°41′43″N 36°45′10″E / 47.69528°N 36.75278°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Raion | Volnovakha |
| Hromada | Staromlynivka |
| Population | |
| • Total | 286 |
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The distance from Volodyne to the raion (district) center Volnovakha is approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi).[2]
History
The village was founded as a Jewish agricultural colony. The area of the modern village also includes another formerly separate Jewish agricultural colony, the village Udachne.[3]
Before 2020, the village was located in Velyka Novosilka Raion. Since 17 July 2020, the village has been part of Staromlynivka rural hromada in Volnovakha Raion.[4][5]
On 31 August 2022, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed, Russian-controlled Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), claimed that Volodyne had been captured by DPR and Russian forces along with numerous other settlements in the area.[6] During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Volodyne has been one of several directions of attacks by Ukrainian forces, with reported Ukrainian advances taking place in late August 2023.[7]
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population of the village was 286, of whom 96.49% spoke Ukrainian and 3.16% spoke Russian.[1]