Paraskoviivka
Парасковіївка Парасковиевка, Параскавіеўка | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 48°39′42″N 38°0′8″E / 48.66167°N 38.00222°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Bakhmut Raion |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 2,810 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 84536 |
Area code | +380 6274 |
Paraskoviivka (Ukrainian: Парасковіївка; Russian: Парасковиевка, romanized: Paraskovievka) is a selo (village) in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The settlement is north of the city of Bakhmut, south-west of Soledar, west of Krasna Hora, and east of Kramatorsk. It had a population of at least 2,810 people in January 2022.[citation needed]
Beginning on 15 January 2023, the city suffered a number of attacks and offensives around it, with attacks increasing in January 2023.[1] After attacks in the northern towns of the settlement increased and rising captures inside of Bakhmut, caused a two-week long battle in Paraskoviivka in late February 2023. The settlement was highly affected with several civilian casualties reported. On 18 February 2023 the Russian forces and PMC Wagner captured Paraskoviivka.[2]