Back Дэсна (Чарнігаўская вобласць) Byelorussian Десна (Черниговн область) CE Desna (lungsod) CEB Desna (Çernigiv vilâyeti) CRH Desna (Tschernihiw) German Desna (Tšernihivi oblast) Estonian Desna (Txernihiv Oblasta) Basque Desna (taajama) Finnish Desna (oblast de Tchernihiv) French Deszna (Csernyihivi terület) Hungarian
Desna
Десна | |
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 Town entrance sign | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg)  Desna Location of Desna in Chernihiv Oblast  Desna Desna (Chernihiv Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 50°55′52″N 30°45′25″E / 50.93111°N 30.75694°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernihiv Oblast |
| Raion | Chernihiv Raion |
| Town status | 1960 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Yuriy Ostashevskyi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.08 km2 (0.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 7,297 |
| • Density | 91,000/km2 (240,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 17024 |
| Area code | +380 4646 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Desna (Ukrainian: Десна) is a rural settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine.[2] It hosts the administration of Desna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] The settlement's population was 7,180 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2] Current population: 7,297 (2022 estimate).[4] It is named after the Desna River which flows through the settlement.
The settlement houses a major military training center (169th Training Centre) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was hit by an airstrike by Russian forces on 17 May 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On the 25 June, the town was hit with cruise missiles, causing large amounts of damage but no casualties were reported.[5]
- ^ "Desna (Chernihiv Oblast, Kozelets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Desna, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Kozelets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Деснянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Russians launch 20 missiles against town 60km north of Kyiv, destroying infrastructure". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.