Shyrokyne (Ukrainian: Широкине, pronounced [ʃɪˈrɔkɪne]) or Shirokino (Russian: Широкино) is a village in the Mariupol Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
The village is situated on the shore of the Sea of Azov, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) east from the centre of Mariupol.
The village became a battleground in 2014–15 during a war between separatists affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic and the Ukrainian government.
[3][4] By the end of February 2016 Ukrainian troops took the village under their control as pro-Russian forces withdrew from the settlement.
[citation needed] As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 1,411 people, of whom the majority claimed to be Ukrainophone, when they were asked about their primary languages.