Village in Ukraine
Shyrokyne (Ukrainian: Широкине, pronounced [ʃɪˈrɔkɪne]) or Shirokino (Russian: Широкино) is a village in the Mariupol Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
The village is situated on the shore of the Sea of Azov, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) east from the centre of Mariupol.
War in Donbas
The village became a battleground in 2014–15 during a war between separatists affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic and the Ukrainian government.
Prior to the war, the village was situated in Novoazovsk Raion. This was changed on 9 December 2014, when the Ukrainian parliament voted to change the boundaries of the Raion, so as to allow Ukrainian-controlled territories to be separated from DPR-controlled territories. The village and its neighbours were thus placed into an expanded Volnovakha Raion.[1][2]
All civilians were evacuated from the village in February 2015, with up to 80% of the village's houses damaged beyond repair by July of that year.[3][4]
By the end of February 2016 Ukrainian troops took the village under their control as pro-Russian forces withdrew from the settlement.[5]
As of 2023, Shyrokyne is under occupation by Russian forces, who have illegally annexed Donetsk Oblast.[citation needed]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 1,411 people, of whom the majority claimed to be Ukrainophone, when they were asked about their primary languages. The exact native language composition was as follows:[6]
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