Shyroka Balka

Shyroka Balka
Широка Балка
Shyroka Balka is located in Donetsk Oblast
Shyroka Balka
Shyroka Balka
Location of Shyroka Balka within Ukraine
Shyroka Balka is located in Ukraine
Shyroka Balka
Shyroka Balka
Shyroka Balka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°18′4″N 37°55′39″E / 48.30111°N 37.92750°E / 48.30111; 37.92750
CountryUkraine
ProvinceDonetsk Oblast
Elevation
134 m (440 ft)
Population
 • Total477
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
84619
Area code+380 6242
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Shyroka Balka (Ukrainian: Широка Балка; Russian: Широкая Балка) is a settlement in Horlivka municipality of Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 43.5 km NNE from the centre of Donetsk city.

During the War in Donbass, in 2015, the settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.[2] In March 2023, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported Russian shelling in the settlement.[3]

Administrative system of Horlivka:
Districts of Horlivka: Populated places:
1 — Hladosove
2 — Holmivskyi
3 — Zaitseve
4 — Mykhailivka
5 — Ozeryanivka
6 — Panteleymonivka
7 — Piatykhatky
8— Ryasne
9 — Stavky
10 — Fedorivka
11 — Shyroka Balka
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference demographics was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Новости дня: ДНР преподнесла Порошенко своё видение проведения выборов на Донбассе. Полный текст - 13.05.2015 сегодня". Dialog.ua. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ "At Bakhmut direction Russian army shelled Zaliznyanske, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Bohdanivka, Chasiv Yar, Kurdumivka, Klischiyivka, Shyroka Balka, Ozaryanivka, Druzhba, Hryhorivka, Mayorsk and New York of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com". Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.