Sloviansk

Sloviansk (Ukrainian: Слов'янськ, Ukrainian: [slou̯ˈjɑnʲsʲk]; Russian: Славянск, Russian: [slɐˈvʲansk] or Russian: [ˈslavʲɪnsk]) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located in the north of the region, in the valley of the Kazennyi Torets River, a right tributary of the Donets. The city was known as Tor until 1784. Sloviansk had a population of but during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the population had shrunk to around 24,000 by July 2022, according to Ukrainian authorities. Slo…