Velyka Pysarivka

Velyka Pysarivka (Ukrainian: Велика Писарівка, Russian: Великая Писаревка) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Velyka Pysarivka Raion of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. It is located close to the border with Russia, on the left bank of the Vorskla, a tributary of the Dnieper. Population: 4,003 (2021 est.)[1]

Velyka Pysarivka
Велика Писарівка
Urban-type settlement
Velyka Pysarivka
Location in Sumy Oblast
Velyka Pysarivka
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°25′34″N 35°28′55″E
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionVelyka Pysarivka Raion
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total4,003
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Economy

Transportation

The settlement is connected by roads with Bohodukhiv, with Sumy via Krasnopillia, and across the border with Grayvoron in Russia.

The closest railway station is in Bohodukhiv, on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Sumy.

2022 Russian invasion
Main article: Battle of Okhtyrka

On 24 February, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces entered Sumy Oblast near Sumy, Shostka, and Okhtyrka. According to the Sumy Oblast governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, fighting began at 07:30 on the outskirts of the city in the direction of Velyka Pysarivka.[2] According to a Ukrainian state employee Anton Herashchenko, Russian forces could not occupy the city, and retreated the following day, leaving tanks and equipment.[3]

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "Ведеться бій в Охтирці, можливий артобстріл – Живицький". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. "В Охтирці російські окупанти покидали БТРи та розбіглися — Геращенко". Новини Чернівці: Інформаційний портал «Молодий буковинець» (in Ukrainian). 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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