Zaichenko
Заїченко | |
|---|---|
.svg)  Zaichenko Location of Zaichenko within Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 47°10′58″N 37°51′34″E / 47.182778°N 37.859444°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast (Province) |  Donetsk |
| Raion (District) | Mariupol Raion |
| Hromada | Sartana settlement hromada |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 311 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 87611 |
| Area code | +380 6296 |
Zaichenko (Ukrainian: Заїченко) is a village in Mariupol Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 89.7 km SSE from the centre of Donetsk city, at 23.6 km SE from Volnovakha, at about 15 km east from Mariupol.
The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces backed by Russian troops in August 2014, during the War in Donbass.[1]
On 24 January 2015 Mariupol was targeted by the multiple rocket launchers "Uragan" firing from the village.[2]
- ^ "Новости дня: ДНР преподнесла Порошенко своё видение проведения выборов на Донбассе. Полный текст - 13.05.2015 сегодня". Dialog.ua. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 24 January 2015: Shelling Incident on Olimpiiska Street in Mariupol". OSCE SMM. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2017.