Hostre
Hostre Гостре | |
|---|---|
  Hostre Location of Hostre  Hostre Hostre (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°59′30″N 37°24′07″E / 47.99167°N 37.40194°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 557 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
| Postal code | 85493 |
| Area code | +380 6237 |
Hostre (Ukrainian: Гостре; Russian: Острое, romanized: Ostroye) is an rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The population is 557 (2022 estimate).[2]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces claimed to have taken control over the settlement on 25 September 2024.[3][4]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]
References
- ^ "Hostre (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Christina Harward; George Barros; Davit Gasparyan; Grace Mappes; Kateryna Stepanenko; Haley Zehrung; Frederick W. Kagan (2024-09-23). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 23, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced near Maksymilyanivka and seized Hostre, but ISW has not observed confirmation of these claims.
- ^ "Russia Claims More Advances in Eastern Ukraine". The Moscow Times. 25 September 2024.
- ^ "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
