Shakhove rural hromada

Shakhove rural hromada
Шахівська сільська громада
Interactive map of Shakhove rural hromada
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk
RaionPokrovsk
Area
 • Total
354.4 km2 (136.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
4,021
 • Density11.35/km2 (29.39/sq mi)
Settlements22
 Rural settlements2
 Villages20

Shakhove rural hromada (Ukrainian: Шахівська сільська громада) is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the village of Shakhove.[1]

It has an area of 354.4 square kilometres (136.8 mi2) and a population of 4,021, as of 2020.[2]

The hromada contains 22 settlements, including 20 villages:

And 2 rural-type settlements: Dorozhnie and Maiak.[2]

The village of Shakhove, the administrative center of the hromada, was seized sometime in early December 2025, at least prior to 25 December, during the Pokrovsk offensive according to the Institute for the Study of War.[3] The rest of the villages in the hromada currently remained in contention, with most of the area in a grey zone except for some of the more northern villages.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bida, Olesya (27 July 2020). "Новое районирование Украины. Куда теперь ехать за справкой и как будут распределяться деньги". hromadske.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. 1 2 Автор. "Децентралізація в Україні". decentralization.gov.ua. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  3. ↑ Glynn, Jordan (27 December 2025). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "DeepStateMAP | Map of the war in Ukraine". DeepStateMap (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 June 2026.