Bahatyr

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Bahatyr Багатир
Village
Monument to the participants in the Russian Civil War and Soviet soldiers in Bahatyr.
Coat of arms
Bahatyr Location within Donetsk Oblast Show map of Donetsk Oblast Bahatyr Location within Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°59′34″N 36°56′11″E / 47.99278°N 36.93639°E / 47.99278; 36.93639
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Volnovakha Raion
Hromada	Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada
Population  (2025)
• Total	55

Bahatyr (Ukrainian: Багатир; Russian: Богатырь, romanized: Bogatyr) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

History

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On 30 August 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Russian military shelled the village using the S-300 missile system, killing two civilians and wounding seven. On 12 October 2023, the Russians again shelled the village using the Smerch missile system, killing one child and injuring another child and a woman. The settlement allegedly was captured by Russia on 17 May 2025. The capture of the village by the Russian army was definitively confirmed on 29 June, after two long weeks of fighting.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1695 people. In terms of native language, 7.61% of them spoke Ukrainian, 90.97% spoke Russian and 1.18% spoke Greek (including Mariupol Greek and Urum).

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