Spirne

Spirne (Спі́рне; Спорное; lit. "disputed") is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Soledar urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

A gas compression station and farm are located in the settlement, and the Mount Vesuvius Nature Reserve is located nearby.

Russian invasion of Ukraine
In July 2022, during and after the Battle of Siversk, the settlement was a site of heavy fighting between Russia and Ukraine. It was contested by Russia between August and September of 2022, but was not captured by Russia during that period. It was again contested between late December 2023 and late June – early July 2024. Russian forces reached the eastern outskirts of the settlement on December 27, 2023. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed their forces to have seized the village on June 30, and this was confirmed by the Institute for the Study of War on 19 July through the capture of the village to the northwest, Ivano-Daryivka, on 17 July.

Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 79 inhabitants, whose native languages were 70.00% Ukrainian and 30.00% Russian.