Shyrokyne

 ( Villages In Mariupol Raion ) 

Shyrokyne (, ) or Shirokino () is a village in the Mariupol Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

The village is situated on the shore of the Sea of Azov, about east from the centre of Mariupol.

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War in Donbas The village became a battleground in 2014–15 during a war between separatists affiliated with the Donetsk People's Republic and the Ukrainian government.

Prior to the war, the village was situated in Novoazovsk Raion. This was changed on 9 December 2014, when the Ukrainian parliament voted to change the boundaries of the Raion, so as to allow Ukrainian-controlled territories to be separated from DPR-controlled territories. The village and its neighbours were thus placed into an expanded Volnovakha Raion.

All civilians were evacuated from the village in February 2015, with up to 80% of the village's houses damaged beyond repair by July of that year.

By the end of February 2016 Ukrainian troops took the village under their control as pro-Russian forces withdrew from the settlement.

As of 2023, Shyrokyne is under occupation by Russian forces, who have illegally annexed Donetsk Oblast.

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Demographics As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 1,411 people, of whom the majority claimed to be Ukrainophone, when they were asked about their primary languages. The exact native language composition was as follows:

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