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Vovchansk
Вовчанськ | |
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City | |
.jpg) Skyline of Vovchansk in 2015 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Vovchansk Location of Vovchansk in Ukraine  Vovchansk Vovchansk (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 50°17′16″N 36°56′34″E / 50.28778°N 36.94278°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion | Chuhuiv Raion[1] |
| Hromada | Vovchansk urban hromada |
| Government | |
| • Civil-military administration head | Tamaz Gambarashvili[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 70.3 km2 (27.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 17,459 |
• Estimate (2024) | < 100 |
| • Density | 0.34/km2 (0.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | +380 5741 |
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Vovchansk (Ukrainian: Вовчанськ, pronounced [wou̯ˈt͡ʃɑnʲsʲk]) is a destroyed city in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vovchansk urban hromada.[3] The Vovcha river, a tributary of the Donets river, runs through the city.
Vovchansk had a population of 17,459 (2022 estimate).[4] However, that dropped to about 300 by May 2024,[5] as the city was largely destroyed during the 2024 Kharkiv offensive.[6][7]
- ^ Where did 354 districts disappear to? Anatomy of loud reform, Glavcom (7 August 2020) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Shkarlat, Kateryna (May 16, 2024). "Russia strikes Vovchansk area with cluster munitions: Head of city military administration injured". rbc.ua. RBC Ukraine. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
The head of the Vovchansk city military administration, Tamaz Gambarashvili, was injured, according to Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, on Telegram.
- ^ "Волчанская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
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apnews_2024_05_31was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Varenikova, Maria (14 June 2024). "Where Ukraine Stalled Russia, One Town Has Paid the Price: Little Left of Vovchansk, a City Near the Border that was a Tourist Hub". The New York Times. p. A4.