Bahatyr


Bahatyr is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

History

On 30 August 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Russian military shelled the village using the S-300 missile system, killing two civilians and wounding seven. On 12 October 2023, the Russians again shelled the village using the Smerch missile system, killing one child and injuring another child and a woman. The settlement allegedly was captured by Russia on 17 May 2025.
The capture of the village by the Russian army was definitively confirmed on 29 June, after two long weeks of fighting.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1695 people. In terms of native language, 7.61% of them spoke Ukrainian, 90.97% spoke Russian and 1.18% spoke Greek.