Strilecha

Strilecha (Ukrainian: Стрілеча; Russian: Стрелечья) is a village in Kharkiv Raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine, at about 36.44 kilometres (22.64 mi) north-northeast (NNE) from the centre of Kharkiv City. The settlement belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

Strilecha
Стрілеча
Strilecha is located in Ukraine
Strilecha
Strilecha
Location of Strilecha within Ukraine
Strilecha is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Strilecha
Strilecha
Strilecha (Kharkiv Oblast)
Coordinates: 50.302778°N 36.401389°E / 50.302778; 36.401389
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv
RaionKharkiv
HromadaLyptsi rural hromada
Founded1695
Area
  Total1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
  Total2,097
  Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
62411
Area code+380 57

Strilecha is located at a distance of about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the Russia–Ukraine border.[2][3]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 2097 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]

References

  1. "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. Karolina Hird; Riley Bailey; Angelica Evans; Kateryna Stepanenko; Frederick W. Kagan (17 September 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 17, 2023". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 18 September 2023. A Russian milblogger claimed that artillery and occasional combat engagements occur near Strilecha (25km northeast of Kharkiv City) on the international border.
  3. "Russian attacks on Kharkiv Oblast kill 2, injure 7". The Kyiv Independent. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023. Additionally, Russian forces opened fired on a car on the road near the village of Strilecha, which is located on the Ukrainian-Russian border. According to the Interior Ministry, a man and a woman were killed, and an elderly man was injured.


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