Karlivka, Donetsk Oblast

Karlivka
Карлівка
Village
Coordinates: 48°06′37″N 37°29′24″E / 48.11028°N 37.49000°E / 48.11028; 37.49000Coordinates: 48°06′37″N 37°29′24″E / 48.11028°N 37.49000°E / 48.11028; 37.49000
Country  Ukraine
Province  Donetsk Oblast
District Marinka Raion
Population
  Total 414 (2,001)

Karlivka (Ukrainian: Карлівка; Russian: Карловка, Karlovka) is a village in Marinka Raion of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. It lies approximately 10 miles west of Donetsk, adjacent to Highway M04, on the southern side of the Karlivske Reservoir.

Its population in 2001 was 414 people.[1]

Church of Holy Epiphany in Karlovka, Donetsk Oblast, on 23 May 2014, shells on road from fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists.

On May 23, 2014, Karlivka saw fighting between the Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists as part of the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine.[2][3] On 23 July 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the village from the pro-Russian separatists.[4]

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