Viroliubivka

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
Village
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Coordinates: 48°36′40″N 37°43′0″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Kramatorsk Raion
Hromada	Kostiantynivka urban hromada
Founded	1862
Elevation	154 m (505 ft)
Population  (2001 census)[1]
• Total	585
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	85131
Area code	+380 6272
KATOTTH	UA14120070040058286

History

It was founded in 1862 under the Russian Empire.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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

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