Kruhliakivka (, ) is a village in Ukraine, located in the
Kupiansk Raion in the
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 ...
.
History
In April 2022, Ukrainian forces captured the village from Russian control.
In August 2023, Russian forces reportedly struck private houses in the village with
guided aerial bomb
An aerial bomb is a type of Explosive weapon, explosive or Incendiary device, incendiary weapon intended to travel through the Atmosphere of Earth, air on a predictable trajectory. Engineers usually develop such bombs to be dropped from an aircra ...
s, killing at least two civilians and injuring five others.
On 18 October 2024, Ukrainian forces claimed to have pushed Russian forces out of the village. Russian forces advanced in the southwestern part of the village around 19 October. On 30 October, the Russian army claimed to have recaptured the village.
Transportation
Kruhliakivka is located on two roads leading towards
Kupiansk
Kupiansk or Kupyansk (, ; , ) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kupiansk Raion. It is also an important railroad junction for the oblast. Kupiansk hosts the administration of Kupiansk urban hromada, ...
. One road (O-211942) leads along the eastern bank of the
Oskil
The Oskil or Oskol (; ) is a south-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. It arises roughly between Kursk and Voronezh and flows south to join the Siverskyi Donets which flows southeast to join the Don. It is long, with a drainage basin of . and the second road (P-79) leads with a bridge over the Oskil to the village of
Sen'kove. According to the OpenData map service OpenStreetMap, the bridge over the Oskil has been destroyed.
[OpenStreetMap Informations; Retrieved on October 19th, 2024 7.44 PM (CEST)]
References
Villages in Kupiansk Raion
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