Pivdenne (Ukrainian: Південне; Russian: Пивденное) is a rural settlement (a selyshche) in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.

[1] The settlement has its origins in 1877, with the founding of the "South Russian" coal industry in the area.

During World War II, the settlement was occupied by Nazi Germany from October 1941 to September 1943.

[8] As part of a renewed effort to capture the Toretsk area, the Russian Armed Forces gained a foothold near Pivdenne as well as other satellite settlements of Toretsk and the New York urban area in June–July 2024, and by the end of July had captured most of the settlement.

[1] In censuses, the residents of the settlement mostly reported their ethnic background as Ukrainians and Russians.