Russians occupy Hirske in Donetsk Oblast used to broadcast Ukrainian TV for occupied territories – DeepState
The Russians have occupied the city of Hirnyk in Kurakhove hromada in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast on 27 October. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories - ed.
The Russians have occupied the city of Hirnyk in Kurakhove hromada in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast on 27 October. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Source: DeepState analytical project
Details: Russian advances have also been recorded in Selydove, Bohoiavlenka, Novoukrainka, near Shakhtarske and Novooleksiivka in Donetsk Oblast.
For reference: Before the full-scale invasion, Hirnyk was home to more than 10,000 people.
A new 190-metre-high television tower was constructed in Hirnyk in September 2018, the tallest built in Ukraine since independence, designed to broadcast Ukrainian TV programmes to temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk Oblast.
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