Berkhivka, Donetsk Oblast
# Berkhivka, Donetsk Oblast

Berkhivka or Berkhovka (Russian: Берховка; Ukrainian: Берхівка; Belarusian: Берхаўка) formerly Verkhivka or Verkhovka (Ukrainian: Верхівка; Russian: Верховка) during the Russian Empire, is a village about 58 metres (0.036 mi) southwest of Paraskoviivka, and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of Bakhmut. The settlement's population has fallen from 118 registered in the 2001 census, to 43 in $2022.^{:16}$ Since 25 February 2023, the village has been controlled by Russia. Russian forces were reported to have shelled Berkhivka on 17 February, with an airstrike also reported near the village.

On 24 February 2023, PMC Wagner claimed that they had taken the village after a few days of fighting. On June 5, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, claimed that Ukrainian forces re-entered the settlement, with heavy fighting starting soon after.

