Beginning in April 2014, the ongoing
Russo-Ukrainian war and related
war in Donbas has brought both civilian and military casualties. Since 2014, the town is controlled by the separatist
Donetsk People's Republic, and it was
annexed by Russia in 2022 following internationally unrecognized referendums. On 29 July 2022, the
Olenivka prison massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war took place near the settlement. ==Demographics==