Dvorichna (, ) is a
rural settlement in
Kupiansk Raion,
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine.
Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...
, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of
Dvorichna settlement hromada, one of the
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s of Ukraine.
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 ...
, the town was captured by Russian forces, but was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in September 2022 during a major
counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast. As of January 2025, the town is under Russian control.
History
In July 1931, the town began publishing its own local newspaper, which it still continues to do today.
In 1960, the town became classified as an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...
. This remained until 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dvorichna became a rural settlement.
Until 18 July 2020, Dvorichna was the administrative center of
Dvorichna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Dvorichna Raion was merged into Kupiansk Raion.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
It has been reported that Dvorichna came under Russian occupation on 24 February 2022, the first day of 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 September 2022, the settlement returned to Ukrainian control during the
2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive. After the recapture, however, the town still remained relatively close to the frontline, and as a result had the population of the town fell from 3,500 before the war to 80 as of February 2024, and 80% of the buildings in the town had become damaged to some degree, including all 35 apartment buildings.
By December 2024, the settlement was contested by Russian forces as part of
renewed offensive operations to cross the Oskil river.
By 13 January 2025, Russian forces had expanded their bridgehead along the
Oskil River near Dvorichna and captured around half of the village. On 28 January, the Russian defense ministry said that the settlement had been fully recaptured by its forces.
Population
The population of the town has been counted three times; once in January 1989, where the population was recorded at 4,807 people, again in January 2013, where the population was recorded at 3,812 people.
and most recently in 2022, when the population was estimated to be around
See also
;List of nearby settlements
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Hrianykivka
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Dvorichne
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Horobivka
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Tavilzhanka
References
External links
Dvorichna at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine site
{{Authority control
Populated places established in 1660
Kupiansk Raion