Sakhanka

Sakhanka (Ukrainian: Саханка; Russian: Саханка) is a village in Novoazovsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 126 km south from the centre of Donetsk city; the SE part of the village borders with the Sea of Azov.

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Village
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Coordinates: 47°7′44″N 37°51′17″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Donetsk Oblast
District	Novoazovsk Raion
Elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Population  (2001 census)[1]
• Total	1,086
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	87651
Area code	+380 6296

During the War in Donbass pro-Russian forces took the settlement under their control. In August 2021, it was one of the sites of the Sakhanka and Uzhivka killings.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[1]

• Ukrainian — 58.28%
• Russian — 41.54%
• Armenian — 0.09%
• Greek — 0.09%