Zymohiria
Zymohiria
Зимогір'я | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 48°34′55″N 38°55′55″E / 48.58194°N 38.93194°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Alchevsk Raion |
| Hromada | Zymohiria urban hromada |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 9,557 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 93742 |
| Area code | +380 6473 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Zymohiria (Ukrainian: Зимогір'я; Russian: Зимогорье) is a small city in Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Residence of Zymohiria urban hromada. Population: 9,557 (2022 estimate), 9,949 (2013 est.).
Since 2014, Zymohiria has been under the occupation of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.
On 27 June 2022, during a full-scale war, an ammunition depot of the occupation forces located in the village caught fire and then exploded. The day before, a similar fire at an ammunition depot occurred in the temporarily occupied Svatove and Khrustalne. Later it became known that the warehouse was hit by the Ukrainian military with high-precision rockets from HIMARS systems.