Shakhtarsk (Ukrainian: Шахтарськ, IPA: [ʃɐxˈtɑrsʲk]) or Shakhtyorsk (Russian: Шахтёрск) is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia.

Regionally, the city is the administrative center of the Shakhtarsk urban hromada.

[3] In 1985, the population of the city was 72 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining.

[4] In 1989, the population of the city was 73 854 people,[6] the basis of the economy were coal mining, manufacture of clothes and knitwear.

[9] After the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, the mechanical-repair plant became bankrupt and was closed.