Lubianka ( uk, Луб'янка, Lub'yanka) is a village in

Bucha Raion Bucha Raion ( uk, Бучанський район, translit=Buchanskyi raion) is a raion (district) of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the ...

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...

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, situated to the north-west of the capital city

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. It belongs to

Bucha urban hromada Bucha may refer to: Places Germany * Bucha, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Bucha, Saale-Holzland, Thuringia * Bucha, Saale-Orla, Thuringia Ukraine * Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, a city in Ukraine * Bucha (village), Kyiv Oblast, a village in Ukraine * Buch ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Lubianka belonged to

Borodianka Raion Borodianka Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Borodianka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the ...

. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Borodianka Raion was merged into Bucha Raion. During the

2022 invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, units dispersed from the

Russian Kyiv convoy The Russian Kyiv convoy was a large column of Russian military vehicles stretching some in the Kyiv oblast from Prybirsk to Hostomel via Ivankiv involved in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has been noted for initially threatening K ...

set up in Lubyanka and its nearby forests.

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* {{Ukraine-stub Villages in Bucha Raion