Svitlodarsk (Ukrainian: Світлодарськ, IPA: [s⁽ʲ⁾w⁽ʲ⁾itɫoˈdɑrsʲk]; Russian: Светлодарск, romanized: Svetlodarsk) is a city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.
[1] It is an industrial town, built as the home for the Vuhlehirska power station.
During the war in Donbas that began in 2014, the city was near the frontline with the separatist Donetsk People's Republic.
[3] As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, 13,203 people were residing in the city.
The exact ethnic composition was as follows:[4] In terms of languages, Svitlodarsk is predominantly Russian-speaking.