Novyi Komar
Новий Комар | |
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![]() Interactive map of Novyi Komar | |
| Coordinates: 47°53′00″N 36°50′17″E / 47.8833°N 36.8381°E | |
| Country | |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
| Hromada | Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.016 km2 (0.392 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 500 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 85500 |
| Area code | +380 6243 |
| KATOTTH | UA14040010100012050 |
Novyi Komar (Ukrainian: Новий Комар; Russian: Новый Комар; Urum: Йаны Камара, romanized: Yany Camara) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located 73.02 kilometres (45.37 mi) west by south (WbS) from the centre of Donetsk city.
The settlement lies on the right bank of the Mokri Yaly river. The absolute height is 105 metres above sea level.[citation needed]
During the Russo-Ukrainian War and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fighting broke out near the village as part of a Russian offensive in the area in late 2024. Russian sources claimed the village was occupied by Russian forces during fighting between 1 and 2 December.
On 5 December, DeepStateMap.Live reported the Ukrainian 48th Separate Assault Battalion to have re-taken control over the village. Like neighbouring Velyka Novosilka, the settlement is strategically important for the defensive lines in Donetsk Oblast.
On 19 December, a Ukrainian military observer said that Russian forces had recaptured the village.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 534 inhabitants, whose native languages were 8.80% Ukrainian and 89.89% Russian.
Russian sources claimed that Russian forces seized Novyi Komar (north of Velyka Novosilka) and advanced in the direction of Rozlyv (northeast of Vuhledar).