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Dniprorudne (Ukrainian: Дніпрорудне, pronounced [d⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iproˈrudne]) is a city in Vasylivka Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. The population is 17,736 (2022 estimate).[2]
Dniprorudne has had city status since 1970.[3][4]
During the first weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the city was captured by the Russian army.[5] On 13 March 2022 the Ukrainian government accused the Russian military of abducting Dniprorudne's mayor Yevhen Matvieyev, who protested along local residents against the Russian occupation of the city, including participating in a 27 February protest preventing Russian tanks from entering the town.[6][7] On 4 December 2024, the Ukrainian government reported that he died in Russian captivity, having been tortured, and that his body had been returned to Ukraine.[8]
The city had 22,773 inhabitants in January 1989.[9][4] As of the 2001, the city had a population of 21,271. The majority of the population are Ukrainians, while Russians form the biggest minority. The town is almost equally Russo and Ukrainophone.[10][11]
The city has an inland port.[3]
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Instead of a legitimate mayor, the occupiers installed Mykola Pastushenko as a puppet of the Kremlin.
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