Hostre (Ukrainian: Гостре; Russian: Острое, romanized: Ostroye) is an rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The population is 557 (2022 estimate).[2]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces claimed to have taken control over the settlement on 25 September 2024.[3][4]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]
References
- ^ "Hostre (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Christina Harward; George Barros; Davit Gasparyan; Grace Mappes; Kateryna Stepanenko; Haley Zehrung; Frederick W. Kagan (2024-09-23). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 23, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced near Maksymilyanivka and seized Hostre, but ISW has not observed confirmation of these claims.
- ^ "Russia Claims More Advances in Eastern Ukraine". The Moscow Times. 25 September 2024.
- ^ "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
