Staryi Karavan
Staryi Karavan is a village in Kramatorsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine.
The city is located on a bank of the Siverskyi Donets river, which separates the village from Raihorodok.
History
War in Donbas
At the beginning of July 2014, during the war in Donbas, the village was liberated from pro-Russian separatists by Ukrainian forces.Russian invasion of Ukraine
At the end of May 2022, the village was captured by the Russian Armed Forces.Footage posted on 5 September 2022 depicted Ukrainian troops in Staryi Karavan, which the Institute for the Study of War suggested was indicative of an "infiltration reconnaissance mission" or a "limited counterattack" by Ukrainian forces, which had likely reduced Russian control over the village.