Verkhniokamianske

Verkhniokamianske (Ukrainian: Верхньокам'янське) is a village (selo) in Ukraine, in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast.

As a result of the Holodomor, a manmade famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933, 18 residents of the village died.

[3] After World War II, Verkhniokamianske was one of the destinations for Boykos deported from regions that were transferred to Poland from the Soviet Union in 1951.

[4] In 2014, during the opening stages of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Verkhniokamianske was seized by forces of the separatist, pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic, led by Russian army veteran and former FSB officer Igor Girkin.

[5][failed verification] On July 24, the village was announced to have been recaptured by Ukrainian security forces.

Coat of arms of Bakhmut Raion
Coat of arms of Bakhmut Raion