Verbove, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
History
The village was founded in the 1790s by migrants from the Poltava region.
As a result of the Holodomor, a manmade famine in Soviet Ukraine in the early 1930s, 269 people in the village died.
Russo-Ukrainian War
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War, in late February or early March 2022 (prior to the battle of Orikhiv), Verbove was occupied by Russian Ground Forces as part of its Southern Ukraine campaign. In June 2022, Russian forces destroyed the Second World War monument "Mother in Sorrow", which stood over a mass grave in the village cemetery where 972 Red Army soldiers are buried.
On 30 August 2023, during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Ukrainian troops reached the northwestern outskirts of Verbove. On 6 September, Ukrainian troops advanced along the line of Russian fortifications and entered the northwestern part of the village. By January 2024, Russian forces were engaged in counter-offensive operations in areas close to the village. Ukrainian and Russian forces continue in small-scale engagements along the line of their positions between Verbove and Robotyne.
References
- ^ "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Князьков, Ю. (2004). Запорізька область. Запоріжжя: Тандем-У. p. 205.
... аснування села у 1790-ті рр.
[... the village was founded in the 1790s)] - ^ "Вербове". Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні». Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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- Semerenko, Mykhailo. «Русский мир» знищив у Запорізькій області пам'ятник на могилі, де похований Путін [The 'Russian World' destroyed a monument on the grave in the Zaporizhzhia region where a Putin is buried]. Индустриальное Запорожье. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
- "Damaged cultural sites in Ukraine verified by UNESCO". UNESCO. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
Mass grave of soldiers of the Second World War (monument of local importance) – Verbove (Zaporizhzhya region)
- ^ Evans, Angelica; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Mappes, Grace; Harward, Christina; Kagan, Frederick W. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2023". Understanding War. Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Где заметнее всего продвигаются ВСУ и как россияне жалуются на потери и дефицит средств контрбатарейной борьбы — ISW [Where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are advancing most noticeably and how the Russians are complaining about losses and a shortage of counter-battery weapons — ISW]. NV – New Voice (in Russian). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ Wolkov, Nicole; Evans, Angelica; Harward, Christina; Bailey, Riley; Kagan, Frederick W. (21 September 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 21, 2023". Understanding War. Institute for the Study of War – ISW. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
Geolocated footage published on September 20 indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced southwest and west of Verbove (18km southeast of Orikhiv).
- ^ В ВСУ сообщили о прорыве линии российской обороны у села Вербовое в Запорожской области [The AFU reported a break of the Russian defence line near the village of Verbovoye in the Zaporizhzhia region]. Deutsche Welle (in Russian). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Bailey, Riley; Harward, Christina; Hird, Karolina; Mappes, Grace; Kagan, Frederick W. (27 February 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 27, 2024". Understanding War. Institute for the Study of War – ISW. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
Positional engagements continued in western Zaporizhia Oblast on February 27, but there were no confirmed changes to the frontline. Ukrainian and Russian forces stated that positional engagements continued near Robotyne and Verbove (east of Robotyne). One Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces may have seized Robotyne but noted that this information is still unconfirmed. Other milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces still maintain positions in Robotyne, and ISW has not observed visual evidence showing that Russian forces have completely captured the settlement. Elements of the Chechen 'Vostok' Akhmat Battalion are reportedly operating near Robotyne.
