Strilecha

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

Strilecha Стрілеча
Village
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Coordinates: 50.302778°N 36.401389°E / 50.302778; 36.401389
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Raion	Kharkiv Raion
Hromada	Lyptsi rural hromada
Founded	1695
Area
• Total	1.4 km2 (0.54 sq mi)
Elevation	154 m (505 ft)
Population  (2001 census)[1]
• Total	2,097
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+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]

History

Strilecha was founded in 1695 as a frontier settlement of the expanding Tsardom of Russia.

The village was occupied by the Russian military on 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4] Ukrainian troops first arrived in the village on 13 September 2022, after a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.^[4] The 247th Battalion of Ukraine's 127th Territorial Defense Brigade announced that its forces had recaptured Strilecha on 13 September 2022, raising the Ukrainian flag in the village.^[5][6]

Strilecha was once again captured by Russian forces on 10 May 2024 during the 2024 Kharkiv offensive.^[7][8][9]

Demographics

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

• Ukrainian – 67.62%
• Russian – 31.64%
• Armenian – 0.18%
• Belarusian – 0.06%