Sakhanka
Саханка | |
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Coordinates: 47°7′44″N 37°51′17″E / 47.12889°N 37.85472°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Province | Donetsk Oblast |
District | Novoazovsk Raion |
Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,086 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 87651 |
Area code | +380 6296 |
Sakhanka (Ukrainian: Саханка; Russian: Саханка) is a village in Novoazovsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 126 km south from the centre of Donetsk city; the SE part of the village borders with the Sea of Azov.
During the War in Donbass pro-Russian forces took the settlement under their control. In August 2021, it was one of the sites of the Sakhanka and Uzhivka killings.