Ozerianivka (Ukrainian: Озерянівка; Russian: Озеряновка, romanized: Ozeryanovka) is a selyshche (rural settlement) in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, 41.8 kilometres (26.0 mi) NNE from the centre of Donetsk city.
Ozerianivka Озерянівка | |
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  Ozerianivka Location of Ozerianivka within Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°16′17″N 37°58′22″E / 48.27139°N 37.97278°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Province | Donetsk Oblast |
| Elevation | 211 m (692 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,154 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 84693 |
| Area code | +380 6242 |
History
On 17 October 2014, amid the war in Donbas, pro-Russian militants attempted to storm the Ukrainian government position near Ozerianivka, but were repulsed with no Ukrainian casualties.[1]On 3 November 2014, there was another unsuccessful attempt to take positions near the village by the militants, with assistance from a tank firing from Horlivka. The Ukrainian military reported they had killed four militants and captured another.[2] However, the settlement itself was taken by the militants during the war.[3]
Demographics
In the 2001 Ukrainian census, it was found that the settlement was majority natively Russian-speaking (66.12%), with a large minority of native Ukrainian speakers (31.98%). There were also small minorities of native speakers of Belarusian (1.30%), Armenian (0.35%), and Moldovan (0.09%).[4]