Kupka (; ) is a village in

Chernivtsi Raion Chernivtsi Raion () is a raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. Most of its territory is located in the historical region of Bukovina, while the ...

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast (), also referred to as Chernivechchyna (), is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the historical regions of Bukovina and Bessarabia. It has an international border with Romania and Moldo ...

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. It belongs to

Sucheveny rural hromada Sucheveny (; ; ) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sucheveny rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Sucheveny belonged to Hlyboka Raion. The raion was abolishe ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. The language of communication of the population is Romanian and Ukrainian. Until 18 July 2020, Kupka belonged to

Hlyboka Raion Hlyboka Raion (, ) is a former administrative district of Chernivtsi Oblast located in the historical regions of Bukovina and Hertsa, in western Ukraine. The administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Hlyboka. There were 37 village ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Hlyboka Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion. In 2001, 97.23% of the inhabitants spoke Romanian as their native language, while 2.06% spoke Ukrainian. A report by ''

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'' published on 24 February 2024 showed that, by that date, two inhabitants of Kupka had died fighting in the war against Russia. One of them, Todor Schipor Bobu, died on 16 January 2023 during the

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. He received the

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for his actions on the frontline. According to the mayor of Kupka, Lilia Tovarnițca, some eight or nine inhabitants of the village, including the two that had died, had voluntarily gone to the front by that time. Kupka was found to be depleted of men, with many having left the village to work abroad even before the start of the war and others having left once the war started often with the help of their Romanian passports.

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Villages in Chernivtsi Raion {{Chernivtsi-geo-stub