 On 4 July 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from pro-Russian separatists.The hospital began renovations in 2015, having been damaged in the fighting, with pro-Russian militants positioned around the building and on its roof..In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada appropriated the status of the city of district significance, withdrew it from the composition of the Sloviansk municipality and included it in the Sloviansk Raion.