Place in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Sukha Balka (Ukrainian : Суха Балка ; Russian: Сухая Балка ) is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion of Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine , at 40.6 km NNW from the centre of Donetsk city, at 14.5 km SW from Toretsk .
On 22 August 2006 a Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise flight crashed near the settlement .[ 1] All 170 people on board were killed.[ 1]
The War in Donbass , that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. A male civilian was killed by shelling on 14 June 2017.[ 2]
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 649 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 :[ 3]
References
Coat of arms of Bakhmut Raion