Rural settlement in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
| Vrubivka Врубівка | |
|---|---|
| Rural settlement | |
  VrubivkaLocation of Vrubivka within Sievierodonetsk RaionShow map of Luhansk Oblast VrubivkaLocation of Vrubivka within UkraineShow map of 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 |
| Raion | Sievierodonetsk Raion |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Elevation | 242 m (794 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 866 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 93330 |
| Area code | +380 6474 |
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).
In the Russo-Ukrainian War Vrubivka is located near the frontline between the Ukrainian army and the separatist forces of the war in Donbas. On 17 February 2022 a school building in the settlement was heavily damaged by shelling. There were 53 children and 16 adults in the building when the shelling occurred but none was injured. Eleven other buildings in the town were also damaged. Locals blamed the separatist forces for the attack. The last time town had been damaged by shelling was in August 2018.
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 1,161 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
- Ukrainian — 85.53%
- Russian — 13.95%
- other languages — 0.52%
References
- 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.
- ^ Shelling Strikes Two Schools In Eastern Ukraine, Including Kindergarten, Radio Free Europe (17 February 2022)
- ^ Pro-Russian separatists order mass evacuation of eastern Ukraine, The Guardian (18 February 2022)
- Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
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