Lyptsi
Ли́пці
Historical coat of arms of the village of Liptsi
Lyptsi is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Lyptsi
Lyptsi
Location in Ukraine
Lyptsi is located in Ukraine
Lyptsi
Lyptsi
Lyptsi (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°12′31″N 36°25′16″E / 50.20861°N 36.42111°E / 50.20861; 36.42111
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kharkiv Oblast
RaionKharkiv Raion

Lyptsi (Ukrainian: Липці) is a village in the Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.[1] Situated at the point where the Lypets River flows into the Kharkiv River, Lyptsi is close to the border with Russia. It hosts the administration of Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2]

History

The village was founded in 1655 by peasants from Right-bank Ukraine.[3]

Since Russia's full-scale invasion

As part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was captured by the Russian Armed Forces on 24 February 2022, the first day of the conflict (it is only 5 kilometres from the border). Lyptsi remained under occupation until September 2022.[4]

By 10 May that year, a Ukrainian counter-offensive to the north of Kharkiv meant that Lyptsi (pop. 4,500; 2021) was contested and regularly shelled by Russian forces.[5] Ukraine regained control of the village on 11 September 2022 as part of a major counter-offensive in the Kharkiv Region.[6]

Drones of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) later filmed the damage and destruction caused by indiscriminate Russian shelling.[7]

References

  1. "Liptsi, Ukraine - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org.
  2. "Липецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. Липці — Енциклопедія Сучасної України. Vol. 17. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. 2016. ISBN 9789660220744.
  4. "In the Kharkiv Region, 22 out of 56 communities are under temporary occupation". Interfax-Ukraine.
  5. "Russo-Ukraine War - 10 May 2022". www.globalsecurity.org.
  6. https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/11-september-ukrainian-military-raised-flag-in-lyptsi-town
  7. "Destroyed Lyptsi from the air", Tribunal for Putin, 18 November 2023.
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