Vrubivka (Ukrainian: Врубівка; Russian: Врубовка) is a rural settlement in Sievierodonetsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, at about 72.0 km WNW from the centre of Luhansk city. Population: 866 (2022 estimate).[1]

Vrubivka
Врубівка
Vrubivka is located in Luhansk Oblast
Vrubivka
Vrubivka
Location of Vrubivka within Sievierodonetsk Raion
Vrubivka is located in Ukraine
Vrubivka
Vrubivka
Location of Vrubivka within Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°45′06″N 38°22′31″E / 48.751667°N 38.375278°E / 48.751667; 38.375278
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
RaionSievierodonetsk Raion
Founded1948
Elevation
242 m (794 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total866
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
93330
Area code+380 6474
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In the Russo-Ukrainian War Vrubivka is located near the frontline between the Ukrainian army and the separatist forces of the war in Donbas.[2] On 17 February 2022 a school building in the settlement was heavily damaged by shelling.[2] There were 53 children and 16 adults in the building when the shelling occurred but none was injured.[2] Eleven other buildings in the town were also damaged.[3] Locals blamed the separatist forces for the attack.[2] The last time town had been damaged by shelling was in August 2018.[3]

Demographics edit

In 2001 the settlement had 1,161 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

  • Ukrainian — 85.53%
  • Russian — 13.95%
  • other languages — 0.52%

References edit

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Shelling Strikes Two Schools In Eastern Ukraine, Including Kindergarten, Radio Free Europe (17 February 2022)
  3. ^ a b Pro-Russian separatists order mass evacuation of eastern Ukraine, The Guardian (18 February 2022)
  4. ^ Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua