Amvrosiivka
Amvrosiivka or Amvrosievka is a city in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine; residence of Amvrosiivka urban hromada. It was the administrative center of Amvrosiivka Raion until the raion was abolished in 2020., the population was approximately It is currently occupied by Russian forces.
History
It was first founded in 1869 as a train station settlement on the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov Railway, and it received city status in 1938. Since 1896, a cement factory is located within the city, and cement production has been the dominant industry of the city. Also located within the city was a history museum, industrial technical school, 6 schools, 11 libraries, 9 hospitals, a pharmacy, a movie theater, a club, and a sport stadium.The city's population peaked at approximately 24,400 in 1979. By 2020, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine estimated the population has decreased to
With the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, on 15 July 2014, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight wounded when Amvrosiivka was hit by several "Grad" rockets. On 24 August 2014, the city was occupied by Russian paratroopers, supported by 250 armoured vehicles and artillery pieces.
On 18 August 2022, during the [2022 Russian language in Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine], a large Russian ammunition store in Amvrosiivka was attacked causing many explosions and fires that burned for several hours. After 2:30 am local time, there were "massive explosions multiple secondary detonations."