| Ryzhivka | |||||||
| Native Name: | Рижівка | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||
| Established Date: | 1719 | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||
| Population Total: | 7 | ||||||
| Population Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2024 | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ryzhivka within Ukraine | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 51.2525°N 34.2524°W | ||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 41820 | ||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||
| Area Code: | +380 5443 | ||||||
| Elevation M: | 139 | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Ukraine | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Sumy Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Sumy Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | KOATUU code | ||||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 5920687401 | ||||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | KATOTTH code | ||||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | UA59080030390050950 | ||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||
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Ryzhivka (Ukrainian: Рижівка; Russian: link=no|Рыжевка) is a village in Sumy Raion (district) in Sumy Oblast of northeastern Ukraine, on the left bank of the Seim river, at some hundred meters of the Russia–Ukraine border. It belongs to, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1719.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was reportedly captured on June 9, 2024 by Kadyrovites.[2] However later Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Yuri Zarko, head of the Bilopillia hromada, denied that Russian troops had captured Ryzhivka.[3] [4] On 13 June 2024, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andriy Demchenko claimed in a TV interview that Russian allegations about Ryzhivka are a part of a psychological operation aimed at misleading and demoralizing people in Ukraine. He also said that "Russian activities in Sumy front are not as intense as in Kharkiv Oblast".[5] The Ukrainian military has yet to comment on the situation in Ryzhivka.[6] As of 12 June, ISW has not observed visual evidence confirming Russian activity or gains in Ryzhivka since June 10 and assesses that Russian forces failed to establish an enduring presence in the settlement.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 854 inhabitants. Their native languages were 82.38% Ukrainian and 17.27% Russian.