Lobkove () is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Stepnohirsk settlement hromada,

Vasylivka Raion Vasylivka Raion ( uk, Василівський район) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Vasylivka. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part ...

, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. In 2001, its population was 99. Lobkove is located from the regional center Zaporizhzhia City, and from the district center

Vasylivka Vasylivka ( uk, Васи́лівка, ; rus, links=on, Васильевка, p=vɐˈsʲilʲjɪfkə) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Vasylivka Raion. The city is situate ...

. It is on the right bank of the river. downstream is the village of

Kamianske Kamianske ( uk, Кам'янське, ), formerly Dniprodzerzhynsk, is an industrial city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine and a port on the Dnieper. Administratively, it serves as the administrative center of Kamianske Raion. Kamianske hosts ...

. The highway runs nearby.

History

The village was founded in 1892. On 11 June 2023, after a long stretch of occupation by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated the village as part of the

2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive In early June 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive against Russian forces occupying its territory with a long-term goal of breaching the frontlines. Efforts were made in many directions, primarily ...

. According to Stepnohirsk settlement hromada head Iryna Kondratyuk, the village had completely been depopulated by the time it was recaptured. Prior to the invasion, about 70 people lived in Lobkove, almost all of whom left during the occupation.

References

{{Reflist, 2 1892 establishments in Ukraine Villages in Vasylivka Raion