Mykolaivka | |
Native Name: | Миколаївка |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Bakhmut Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Soledar urban hromada |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 48.7444°N 38.0517°W |
Elevation M: | 68 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 43 |
Postal Code: | 84540 |
Area Code: | +380-6274 |
Mykolaivka (uk|Миколаївка) is a village located in Bakhmut Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located approximately 15km (09miles) north of Bakhmut.[1]
On 2 February 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that his troops captured the village as well as Sakko i Vantsetti, a hamlet to the north of the village.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census there were 43 people living in the settlement, 30 (69.77%) were Ukrainian speakers, 13 (30.32%) were Russian speakers.[2]