Vrubivka Explained

Vrubivka
Native Name:Врубівка
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Rural settlement
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1948
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:866
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Luhansk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Vrubivka within Sievierodonetsk Raion##Location of Vrubivka within Ukraine
Pushpin Mapsize:260
Coordinates:48.7517°N 38.3753°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:93330
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 6474
Elevation M:242
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Sievierodonetsk Raion
Module:
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:12
Height:290
Width:260
Stroke-Width:1

Vrubivka (Ukrainian: Врубівка; Russian: link=no|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:

In the Russo-Ukrainian War Vrubivka is located near the frontline between the Ukrainian army and the separatist forces of the war in Donbas.[1] On 17 February 2022 a school building in the settlement was heavily damaged by shelling.[1] There were 53 children and 16 adults in the building when the shelling occurred but none was injured.[1] Eleven other buildings in the town were also damaged.[2] Locals blamed the separatist forces for the attack.[1] The last time town had been damaged by shelling was in August 2018.[2]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 1,161 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-donbass-vrubivka-shelling/31708351.html Shelling Strikes Two Schools In Eastern Ukraine, Including Kindergarten
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/18/pro-russian-separatist-order-mass-evacuation-eastern-ukraine-fear-moscow-seeking-create-pretext-invasion Pro-Russian separatists order mass evacuation of eastern Ukraine
  3. http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua