Zavitne Bazhannia

Zavitne Bazhannia (Заві́тне Бажа́ння; Завитне Бажання) is a village (selo) in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Staromlynivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is located 12 km south of Velyka Novosilka.

History
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Zavitne Bazhannia was occupied by Russia. On 7 November 2022, there were reports that 21 Russian mobilized conscripts who had refused to fight in Ukraine were being "held captive" in a basement in Zavitne Bazhannia. According to letters written by the wives and mothers of the servicemen, eight or more of the men had official exemptions from service, yet still had been sent to the warzone "without appropriate training".

Later in the war, during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, on 8 June 2023 Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian TOS-1A rocket launcher system just to the north of Zavitne Bazhannia.

Demographics
According to the 2001 Census, Zavitne Bazhannia has a population of 513. 87.91% of residents were native Ukrainian speakers, 11.7% were native Russian speakers and 0.19% were native Armenian speakers.