Stara Rafalivka () is a village in

Varash Raion Varash Raion () is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Varash. Retrieved 2020-10-03 Pop ...

Rivne Oblast Rivne Oblast (), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of the region is . Its population is: Before its annexation by the ...

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, but was formerly administered within

Volodymyrets Raion Volodymyrets Raion () was a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Volodymyrets. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Varash Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the a ...

. In 2001 the community had 435 residents. Postal code — 34354. KOATUU code — 5620889301. It was the site of a gruesome

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(60 people, including children, were killed) by

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during

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References

Villages in Varash Raion Lutsky Uyezd {{Rivne-geo-stub