Hrianykivka ( uk, Гряниківка; russian: link=no, Гряниковка) is a village in
Kupiansk Raion (
district
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) in
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhans ...
of eastern
Ukraine
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, at about
east by south
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from the centre of
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.[Russian forces
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in 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine,
but was later liberated as of 15 September amid
2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
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when Ukrainian forces advanced to the east side of Oskil River from another newly liberated town,
Dvorichna
Dvorichna ( uk, Дворічна, ) is an urban-type settlement in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dvorichna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
History ...
. It was recaptured by the Russian army in February 2023.
[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-its-forces-capture-village-ukraines-kharkiv-region-2023-02-18/]
References
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Villages in Kupiansk Raion