Vuhledar

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The youngest mining town of Donetsk region, founded in 1964.

Vuhledar was built in the 1960s as a model miners' town — broad boulevards and apartment blocks amid the steppe. From 2022 it stood on the front line and held for over two years; the russian tank assaults near Vuhledar became a textbook example of failed attacks. Occupied in October 2024. The 72nd Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians held the town for more than two years; on 2 October 2024 the General Staff announced the withdrawal.

Under occupation since October 2024.

Chronicle

• 2022 — The fortress town on the Donetsk–Zaporizhzhia boundary became the anchor of the axis's defence.
• January–February 2023 — Mechanised columns of russia's 155th naval infantry brigade were destroyed on the approaches — among the occupiers' heaviest single losses in equipment.
• 2023–2024 — More than two years of assaults and guided-bomb strikes on the town's apartment blocks.
• 2 October 2024 — Command confirmed the withdrawal of units because of the threat of encirclement.