Cherkaski Tyshky ( uk, Черкаські Тишки; russian: link=no, Черкасские Тишки) is a village in the
Kharkiv Raion (
district) of Ukraine's
Kharkiv Region. It is located about
north-east
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of
Kharkiv, the country's second largest city. To the north-east it borders the village of
Ruski Tyshky. Both belong to the Tsyrkuny rural district or hromada, one of the many
hromada
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s in Ukraine.
After the Russian invasion
The village was attacked in spring 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"Russian forces occupied Cherkaski Tyshky on 24 February 2022, the first day of the invasion, and used it as a base from which to shell Kharkiv." After the village was liberated in May 2022, the Russian forces withdrew across the river and started shelling Cherkaski Tyshky from there.
"The destruction of Cherkaski Tyshky seen from the air", Tribunal for Putin, 26 October 2023
(Retrieved 27 November 2023)
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External links
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Villages in Kharkiv Raion