Highway H20 (Ukraine)

Highway H20
Highway H20
Автошлях Н20
Route information
Length	190.4 km (118.3 mi)
Existed	2006–present
Major junctions
North end	M 03 in Sloviansk
	H 15/ H 21 in Donetsk
South end	M 14 in Mariupol
Location
Country	Ukraine
Oblasts	Donetsk
Highway system
	Roads in Ukraine; State Highways;

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.^[1] It passes through Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka & Osykove, Kostiantynivka, Berestok, Romanivka, Kamianka in Yasynuvats’kyi, Makiivka, Donetsk, Dolya in Volnovas'kyi, Syhnal'ne-Olenivka in Marinskyi, Berezove in Marinskyi, Novotroits'ke in Volnovas'kyi, Buhas, Volnovakha, Dmytrivka, Polkove, Pryvil'ne, Hranitne, and Kasyanivka in Telmanove Raion.

Before 1998, the road was designated as P40 and was P19 from 1998 to 2006.

War in Donbas edit

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.

Main route and connections to/intersections with other highways in Ukraine.

Marker	Main settlements	Highway Interchanges
0 km	Sloviansk	E40 M 03
	Kramatorsk	T0510
	Kostiantynivka	T-05-04
	near Novokalynove and Ocheretyne in Yasynuvats'kyi	T0511
	Donetsk	E50 M 04 • H 21 • T0508 • H 15
	near Berezove and Dokuchaievsk	T0509
	Novotroits'ke in Volnovas'kyi	T0509
	Volnovakha	T0512
	near Pryvil'ne and Hranitne in Telmanove Raion	T0523
190.6 km	Mariupol	M 14 E58