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Opytne, Yasynuvata Raion

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Country
  
Ukraine

Elevation
  
207 m (679 ft)

Postal code
  
86081

Area
  
86 ha

District
  
Yasynuvata Raion

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code
  
+380 6236

Province
  
Donetsk Oblast

Opytne, Yasynuvata Raion

Opytne (Ukrainian: Опитне; Russian: Опытное) is a village in Yasynuvata Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 10 km NW from the center of Donetsk city and at about 2 km north from the Donetsk airfield.

Map of Opytne, Donetska, Ukraine

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and cities across in Donetsk and Luhansk Districts; since 6 November 2014 Opytne is fully under Ukrainian control. The village became one of the frontlines of the War in Donbass. On 24 November 2016 one Ukrainian serviceman was killed by a sniper in the village.

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Opytne, Yasynuvata Raion Wikipedia