Chervonosilske

Chervonosilske Червоносільське
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 47°49′30″N 38°13′36.84″E / 47.82500°N 38.2269000°E / 47.82500; 38.2269000
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Donetsk Raion
Hromada	Ilovaisk urban hromada

Chervonosilske is a village in Ilovaisk urban hromada, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine.^[1]

During the war in eastern Ukraine the village fell into the combat zone.^[2] On 29 August 2014, during the move back from IIovaisk, pro-Russian separatists troops with the support of the regular Russian army began shooting on Ukrainian Armed forces in the "green corridor". ^{[citation needed]}

On 30 August 2014 combatants of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion were allegedly captured in Chervonosilske village by militants from Russian military forces and were held in captivity of "pro-Russian rebels in the city of Donetsk."^[3] Also, on the outskirts of Chervonosilske a fire engine ran on the position of the Russian T-72 (sixth separate tank brigade of the Russian Armed Forces), a tank fired direct fire.^[4] The soldiers of the volunteer battalion "Donbass" were disarmed by Russian paratroopers and handed to the pro-Russian rebels which were torturing them. There were a lot of captured Russian regular army soldiers which were handed over to representatives of the Russian command on the morning of August 30, 2014 in Chervonosilske.^[5][6][7]