Memryk (Ukrainian: Мемрик; Russian: Мемрик) is a village in Novohrodivka urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located 31.85 kilometres (19.79 mi) northwest by west (NWbW) from the centre of Donetsk city.
Memryk
Мемрик | |
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  Memryk Location of Memryk within Ukraine  Memryk Memryk (Donetsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 48°7′26″N 37°23′55″E / 48.12389°N 37.39861°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Hromada | Novohrodivka urban hromada |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 398 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | +380 623 |
| KATOTTH | UA14160170100052886 |
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History
editMemryk was founded in 1885 under the Russian Empire.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
editThe village was captured by Russian Forces by the end of August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3]
Demographics
editAs of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 398 inhabitants, whose native languages were 38.44% Ukrainian, 60.80% Russian and 0.25% Moldovan (Romanian).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ Riley Bailey; Angelica Evans; Grace Mappes; Davit Gasparyan; George Barros (29 August 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 29, 20". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
Russian milbloggers also claimed that Russian forces are fighting on the northeastern outskirts of Ukrainsk (southeast of Pokrovsk), seized Memryk (immediately northeast of Ukrainsk), and entered Halitsynivka (immediately east of Ukrainsk).
- ^ "La Russia dichiara di aver conquistato un altro villaggio nel Donetsk" [Russia claims to have captured another village in Donetsk]. rainews.it (in Italian). Rai News 24. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
Il ministero della Difesa di Mosca afferma che nelle ultime ore le forze russe hanno conquistato un altro villaggio nella regione ucraina di Donetsk, quello di Memrik. [Translation: The Moscow Defence Ministry says that in the last few hours Russian forces have captured another village in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, that of Memrik.]
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