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Strilecha
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 City. The settlement belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Strilecha Стрілеча | |
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Strilecha Location of Strilecha within Ukraine Strilecha Strilecha (Kharkiv Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 36°24′05″E / 50.302778°N 36.401389°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv |
| Raion | Kharkiv |
| Hromada | Lyptsi rural hromada |
| Founded | 1695 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,097 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 62411 |
| Area code | +380 57 |
Strilecha is located at a distance of about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the Russia–Ukraine border.[2][3]
Demographics edit
In 2001 the settlement had 2097 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]
- Ukrainian – 67.62%
- Russian – 31.64%
- Armenian – 0.18%
- Belarusian – 0.06%
References edit
- ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.