Luch, Mykolaiv Oblast

Luch
Луч
Luch in 2022, showing damage from Russian shelling during the Invasion of Ukraine
Luch in 2022, showing damage from Russian shelling during the Invasion of Ukraine
Luch is located in Mykolaiv Oblast
Luch
Luch
Location of Luch
Luch is located in Ukraine
Luch
Luch
Luch (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 46°49′23″N 32°13′02″E / 46.82306°N 32.21722°E / 46.82306; 32.21722
Country Ukraine
OblastMykolaiv Oblast
RaionMykolaiv Raion
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
38[1]
Postal code
57263
Area code+380 512
ClimateCfa

Luch (Ukrainian: Луч) is a village in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It belongs to Shevchenkove rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Luch was located in Vitovka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four. The area of Vitovka Raion was merged into Mykolaiv Raion.[3][4][5]

Luch was seriously damaged in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was rendered a ghost town after almost all of the village's 1,000 residents fled.[5]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Ukrainian Village in Ruins After Months of Russian Shelling, retrieved December 17, 2022
  2. ^ "Шевченковская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). July 18, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ^ a b Ukrainian Village in Ruins After Months of Russian Shelling, retrieved December 17, 2022