Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and cities across in Donetsk and Luhansk Districts;[1][2] since 6 November 2014 Opytne was fully under Ukrainian control.

[5] In late 2019 less than 50 people lived in Opytne, while almost all of the village had been damaged or destroyed.

[7] On November 11, 2022 as a result of battles with the 1st Semyonovsky Rifle Regiment, the 1st Slavyansk Brigade and the Sparta Battalion, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were pushed out of the village.

[8] On September 8, 2023 during the Ukrainian counteroffensive, when the Russian forced were concentrating their efforts to the north of the Avdiivka in the Kamianka front,[9] Ukrainian 59th Motorized Brigade with 36th Marine Brigade's 501st Marine Battalion conducted a coordinated assault operation at Opytne.

[10] Between January 29th and February 14th, 2024, Russian forces captured the village during the later days of the Battle of Avdiivka.