H20 is an important Ukraine national highway (H-highway) in the Donetsk Oblast, Donbas, Ukraine, running mainly north–south and connecting Sloviansk though Donetsk with Mariupol on the shores of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov near the mouth of the Kalmius River.National Highways of Ukraine in Russian It passes through Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Osykove, Kostiantynivka, Berestok, Romanivka, Kamianka, Makiivka, Donetsk, Dolia, Syhnalne-Olenivka, Berezove, Novotroitske, Buhas, Volnovakha, Dmytrivka, Polkove, Pryvilne, Hranitne, and Kasianivka.
Before 1998, the road was designated as P40 and was P19 from 1998 to 2006.
War in Donbas Significant armed conflict has occurred along and near the H20 during the war in Donbas. On 13 January 2015, pro-Russia militants attacked a bus near Buhas and Volnovakha. It is known as the 'road of life' or the 'road of death'.
Main route
Main route and connections to or intersections with other highways in Ukraine.
Marker Main settlements Notes Highway Interchanges0 kmSloviansk KramatorskKostiantynivkanear Novokalynove and OcheretyneDonetsk • • • near Berezove and DokuchaievskNovotroitskeVolnovakhanear Pryvilne and Hranitne190.6 kmMariupol
See also
Highway of Death (Ukraine) Roads in Ukraine Ukraine Highways Volodymyr Boiko Stadium
References
External links National Roads in Ukraine in Russian