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.

Viroliubivka
Віролюбівка
Viroliubivka is located in Ukraine
Viroliubivka
Viroliubivka
Location of Virolyubivka within Ukraine
Viroliubivka is located in Donetsk Oblast
Viroliubivka
Viroliubivka
Viroliubivka (Donetsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°36′40″N 37°43′0″E / 48.61111°N 37.71667°E / 48.61111; 37.71667
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionKramatorsk Raion
HromadaKostiantynivka urban hromada
Founded1862
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
 • Total585
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
85131
Area code+380 6272
KATOTTHUA14120070040058286
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History

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It was founded in 1862 under the Russian Empire.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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On 12 September 2024, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, three Red Cross (ICRC) workers were killed by Russian shelling.[2]

 
Attacked truck of the ICRC, 12 September 2024

Demographics

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As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 585 inhabitants, whose native languages were 68.21% Ukrainian and 31.45% Russian.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.