Levadne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Levadne (Левадне) is a rural-type settlement in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. During the Russian invasion in 2022, the settlement was captured early in the war by Russian forces, but was regained by Ukrainian forces on 11 June 2023 during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Geography
The settlement is located approximately 2.5 km from the Solona (tributary of Yanchulu), and about 5 km from the nearest village Pryiutne.

History
According to old Soviet-era maps dated between 1932 and 1941, the settlement formerly was referred to as Oktoberfeld, but it is unclear when the change to the settlement's current name took place.

According to the 1989 Ukrainian SSR census, the settlement had a population of 19, consisting of fourteen women and five men. In the 2001 census, the settlement's population would drop to only one person, who spoke Ukrainian.

On 12 June 2020; Decree No. 713 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine placed the settlement in the administration of the Malynivka rural hromada, and on 17 July became part of the expanded Polohy Raion, as a result of administrative-territorial reform which abolished the Huliaipole Raion.

Russian invasion
At the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Levadne was occupied by Russian troops in their initial advance into Ukraine. The settlement would remain under Russian occupation for over a year, until 5 June 2023, when Ukrainian forces would first attempt to retake positions near the settlement. About one week later on 11 June, Ukrainian forces would successfully retake the settlement during the initial days of their summer counteroffensive of that year. The recapture would be confirmed a day later by Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar on the messaging app Telegram. After recapture, the settlement would be used for further advances by the Ukrainian military in the local area, along the aptly named "Levadne-Staromaiorske line" and "Levadne-Pryiutne line".