Verkhniokamianske

Verkhniokamianske (Верхньока́м'янське) is a village (selo) in Ukraine, in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast. It has a population of 960.

Geography
The Kamianka (tributary of the Bakhmutka), a tributary of the Bakhmutka river, flows through the village.

20th century
As a result of the Holodomor, a manmade famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933, 18 residents of the village died.

After World War II, Verkhniokamianske was one of the destinations for Boykos deported from regions that were transferred to Poland from the Soviet Union in 1951.

21st century
In 2014, during the opening stages of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Verkhniokamianske was seized by forces of the separatist, pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic, led by Russian army veteran and former FSB officer Igor Girkin. On July 24, the village was announced to have been recaptured by Ukrainian security forces.

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Verkhniokamianske saw fighting again. On 7 August 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that Russian forces conducted assaults to try to improve its position near Verkhniokamianske, but "was unsuccessful and retreated." On 5 February 2023, Ukrainian forces reportedly repelled Russian assaults on the village.

Demographics
In 2001, it had 960 inhabitants, of whom 918 spoke Ukrainian and 42 spoke Russian.

Culture


The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church operates a Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village.