Voievodivka () is a village in eastern
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, in
Sievierodonetsk Raion
Sievierodonetsk Raion (; ) or Siverskodonetsk Raion () is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the c ...
of
Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast (; ), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (), is the easternmost Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the n ...
, at about 110 km
NW from the centre of
Luhansk
Luhansk (, ; , ), also known as Lugansk (, ; , ), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, the population was estimated to be making Luhansk the Cities in Ukraine, 12th-largest city in Ukraine.
Luhansk served as the administra ...
city, at the
NNW border of
Sievierodonetsk city and on the
SE border of
Rubizhne city.
Voievodivka became occupied by Russian forces during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
on 11 May 2022.
See also
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Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)
The battle of Sievierodonetsk was a military engagement in the wider battle of Donbas of the eastern Ukraine campaign during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The city of Sievierodonetsk acted as the administrative center of unoccupied Luhan ...
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Battle of Rubizhne
The battle of Rubizhne was a military engagement on the eastern theatre of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The city came under Russian control on 12 May.
Background
On 2 March, fighting was reported in almost all the villages near Sievierod ...
References
External links
Missile attacks, hardware, Wagner fighters: Enemy trying to break into Popasna Ukrinform, 5 May 2022
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Villages in Sievierodonetsk Raion