Lyptsi ( uk, Липці) is a village in the
Kharkiv Raion
Kharkiv Raion ( uk, Харківський район) is a raion (district) of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Kharkiv. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, ...
,
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhan ...
,
Ukraine
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. Situated at the point where the Lypets River flows into the
Kharkiv River
The Kharkiv or Kharkov (, ) is a river in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, a left tributary of the Lopan. It originates from the town of Oktyabrsky in Belgorod Oblast, Russia and it falls into Lopan in the city of Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Ха� ...
, Lyptsi is close to the border with
Russia
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. It hosts the administration of
Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
History
The village was founded in 1655 by peasants from
Right-bank Ukraine
Right-bank Ukraine ( uk , Правобережна Україна, ''Pravoberezhna Ukrayina''; russian: Правобережная Украина, ''Pravoberezhnaya Ukraina''; pl, Prawobrzeżna Ukraina, sk, Pravobrežná Ukrajina, hu, Jobb p ...
.
As part of the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by the Russian Armed Forces on 24 February 2022, a situation that continued into April. By 10 May, a
Ukrainian counter-offensive to the north of Kharkiv meant that Lyptsi was contested. Ukraine regained control of the village on 11 September 2022 as part of a major
counteroffensive
In the study of military tactics, a counter-offensive is a large-scale strategic offensive military operation, usually by forces that had successfully halted the enemy's offensive, while occupying defensive positions.
The counter-offensive is ...
in the Kharkhiv region.
[https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/11-september-ukrainian-military-raised-flag-in-lyptsi-town ]
References
Villages in Kharkiv Raion
Populated places established in 1655
Kharkovsky Uyezd
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