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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Viroliubivka

Viroliubivka (Ukrainian: Віролюбівка; Russian: Веролюбовка) is a village in Kostiantynivka urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located 66.33 kilometres (41.22 mi) north by west (NbW) from the centre of Donetsk city.

History

It was founded in 1862 under the Russian Empire.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 12 September 2024, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, three Red Cross (ICRC) workers were killed by Russian shelling.

Attacked truck of the ICRC, 12 September 2024

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 585 inhabitants, whose native languages were 68.21% Ukrainian and 31.45% Russian.

References

  1. ^ "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Russian shelling kills three Red Cross workers in eastern Ukraine". reuters.com. Reuters. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024. Russian shelling on Thursday killed three Ukrainians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and wounded two others in a village in the frontline Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said.