Velyka Novosilka Raion
Velyka Novosilka Raion is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Velyka Novosilka. Population:.
On 15 May 2014 the Donbass Battalion secured the town from the pro-Russian separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic. According to Semen Semenchenko the local police chief, deputies from the Party of Regions and the chairman of the district council "fled in an unknown direction."Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,
| Ethnicity | | |
| Ukrainians | 31,850 | 64.6% |
| Greeks | 9,730 | 19.7% |
| Russians | 6,568 | 13.3% |
| Belarusians | 240 | 0.5% |
| Turks | 168 | 0.3% |
