Staryi Karavan

Staryi Karavan Старий Караван
Village
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Coordinates: 48°54′58″N 37°47′05″E / 48.916111°N 37.784722°E / 48.916111; 37.784722
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Kramatorsk Raion
Area
• Total	0.56 km^2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation	73 m (240 ft)
Population  (2001 census)[1]
• Total	191
• Density	340/km^2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	84460
Area code	+380 6261

Staryi Karavan (Ukrainian: Старий Караван; Russian: Старый Караван) 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.^{[citation needed]}

Russian invasion of Ukraine

At the end of May 2022, the village was captured by the Russian Armed Forces.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

Local government

It belongs to Lyman urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

References

1. Distribution of the population by native language on ukrcensus.gov.ua
2. Kateryna Stepanenko; Katherine Lawlor; Grace Mappes; George Barros; Frederick W. Kagan (6 September 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 6". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 17 September 2022. Geolocated footage posted on September 5 shows Ukrainian troops walking freely along a road in Staryi Karavan, about 10km northeast of Slovyansk.