Vrubivka

Vrubivka Врубівка
Rural settlement
Vrubivka Location of Vrubivka within Sievierodonetsk Raion Show map of Luhansk Oblast Vrubivka Location of Vrubivka within Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48.751667°N 38.375278°E / 48.751667; 38.375278
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Sievierodonetsk Raion
Founded	1948
Elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	866
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	93330
Area code	+380 6474

Vrubivka (Ukrainian: Врубівка; Russian: 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: 866 (2022 estimate).[1]

In the Russo-Ukrainian War Vrubivka is located near the frontline between the Ukrainian army and the separatist forces of the war in Donbas.[2] On 17 February 2022 a school building in the settlement was heavily damaged by shelling.[2] There were 53 children and 16 adults in the building when the shelling occurred but none was injured.[2] Eleven other buildings in the town were also damaged.[3] Locals blamed the separatist forces for the attack.[2] The last time town had been damaged by shelling was in August 2018.[3]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 1,161 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

• Ukrainian — 85.53%
• Russian — 13.95%
• other languages — 0.52%

References

1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
2. Shelling Strikes Two Schools In Eastern Ukraine, Including Kindergarten, Radio Free Europe (17 February 2022)
3. Pro-Russian separatists order mass evacuation of eastern Ukraine, The Guardian (18 February 2022)
4. Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua