| Balka Zhuravka | |||||||
| Native Name: | Бажане Перше | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||
| Image Alt: | A memorial | ||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||
| Established Date: | 1720 | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 2.85 | ||||||
| Population Total: | 729 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2001 census | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Luhansk Oblast | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Balka Zhuravka within Ukraine | ||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 92917 | ||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||
| Area Code: | +380 6454 | ||||||
| Elevation M: | 75 | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Ukraine | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Luhansk Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Svatove Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Krasnorichenske settlement hromada | ||||||
| Code1 Name: | KATOTTH | ||||||
| Code1 Info: | UA44100050060052037 | ||||||
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Balka Zhuravka (uk|Балка Журавка; formerly known as Nevske (Невське)) is a village in Krasnorichenske settlement hromada, Svatove Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located 117.76km (73.17miles) northwest (NW) from the centre of Luhansk city.
On the southwestern outskirts of the village, the Zhuravka Balka River flows into the Zherebets River. The absolute height is 75 metres above sea level.
Date of foundation — 1720.
The village was initially captured by Russian forces in March 2022 during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and was recaptured by Ukraine in October 2022 during the immediate aftermath of the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive. Over the course of Russian offensives along the Svatove-Kreminna front, it was again captured by Russian forces in October 2024.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 729 inhabitants, whose native languages were 96.70% Ukrainian and 3.16% Russian.