Sokilnyky ( uk, Сокільники; russian: link=no, Сокольники) 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

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, at about 30.0 km NW from the centre of

Luhansk Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). A ...

city. The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the

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, that started in 2014.

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 377 inhabitants. Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: *

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: 19.63% *Russian: 80.37%

References

{{Luhansk-geo-stub Villages in Sievierodonetsk Raion