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Strilecha

Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 36°24′05″E / 50.302778°N 36.401389°E / 50.302778; 36.401389
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Strilecha
Стрілеча
Strilecha is located in Ukraine
Strilecha
Strilecha
Location of Strilecha within Ukraine
Strilecha is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Strilecha
Strilecha
Strilecha (Kharkiv Oblast)
Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 36°24′05″E / 50.302778°N 36.401389°E / 50.302778; 36.401389
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionKharkiv Raion
HromadaLyptsi rural hromada
Founded1695
Area
 • Total1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
 • Total2,097
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
62411
Area code+380 57
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Strilecha (Ukrainian: Стрілеча; Russian: Стрелечья) is a village in Kharkiv Raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine, located 36.44 kilometres (22.64 mi) north-northeast (NNE) from the centre of Kharkiv. The settlement belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

Strilecha is located at a distance of about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the Russia–Ukraine border.[2][3]

History

Strilecha was founded in 1695.

During the initial eastern campaign of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by Russia on 24 February 2022, the first day of the conflict. It was subsequently retaken by Ukraine later that year during its 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive. Strilecha was once again captured by Russian forces on 10 May 2024 during the 2024 Kharkiv offensive.[4]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 2097 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ Karolina Hird; Riley Bailey; Angelica Evans; Kateryna Stepanenko; Frederick W. Kagan (17 September 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 17, 2023". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 18 September 2023. A Russian milblogger claimed that artillery and occasional combat engagements occur near Strilecha (25km northeast of Kharkiv City) on the international border.
  3. ^ "Russian attacks on Kharkiv Oblast kill 2, injure 7". The Kyiv Independent. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023. Additionally, Russian forces opened fired on a car on the road near the village of Strilecha, which is located on the Ukrainian-Russian border. According to the Interior Ministry, a man and a woman were killed, and an elderly man was injured.
  4. ^ "Russians have captured four villages in Kharkiv Oblast and are attempting to advance on Vovchansk, source says". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 11 May 2024.