| Verkhniokamianske | |
| Native Name: | Верхньокам'янське |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine |
| Pushpin Relief: | y |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 48.8603°N 38.1967°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bakhmut Raion |
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
| Subdivision Name3: | Zvanivka rural hromada |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Total: | 960 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Verkhniokamianske (uk|Верхньока́м'янське) is a village (selo) in Ukraine, in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast. It had a population of 960 at the 2001 Ukrainian census.
The, a tributary of the Bakhmutka river,[1] flows through the village.
As a result of the Holodomor, a manmade famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933, 18 residents of the village died.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] [5]
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."[6] By late 2022, the population of the village had decreased to around 20.[7] On 5 February 2023, Ukrainian forces reportedly repelled Russian assaults on the village.[8]
On 7 October 2024, Verkhniokamianske was captured by Russia.[9]
In 2001, it had 960 inhabitants, of whom 918 spoke Ukrainian and 42 spoke Russian.[10]
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church operates a Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village.[11]