Katerynivka ( uk, Катеринівка; russian: link=no, Катериновка) is a village in

Sievierodonetsk Raion Sievierodonetsk Raion ( uk, Сєвєродонецький район, russian: Северодонецкий район) is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of admi ...

(

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) in

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...

of eastern

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. The village came under control of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic in June 2022. The

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, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. In this war the village was located in a "gray zone" between Ukrainian forces and forces loyal to the

Luhansk People's Republic The Luhansk or Lugansk People's Republic (russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика, Luganskaya Narodnaya Respublika, ; abbreviated as LPR or LNR, rus, ЛНР) is a disputed entity created by Russian-backed ...

until on 4 February 2018 the

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took the village under its control.

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 484 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
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— 74.36% *Russian — 25.84%

References

{{Luhansk-geo-stub Villages in Sievierodonetsk Raion