Ryzhivka
Ryzhivka
Рижівка | |
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 Interactive map of Ryzhivka | |
  Ryzhivka Location of Ryzhivka within Ukraine  Ryzhivka Ryzhivka (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 51°15′09″N 34°15′08″E / 51.252472°N 34.25235°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Sumy Oblast |
| Raion | Sumy Raion |
| Hromada | Bilopillia urban hromada |
| Founded | 1719 |
| Elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 7 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 41820 |
| Area code | +380 5443 |
| KOATUU code | 5920687401 |
| KATOTTH code | UA59080030390050950 |
Ryzhivka (Ukrainian: Рижівка; Russian: Рыжевка, romanized: Ryzhevka) is a village in Sumy Raion (district) in Sumy Oblast of northeastern Ukraine, on the left bank of the Seim river, at some hundred meters of the Russia–Ukraine border. It belongs to Bilopillia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1719.
Russian Invasion of 2022
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was reportedly captured on 9 June 2024, by Kadyrovites.[2] However, later Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Yuri Zarko, head of the Bilopillia hromada, denied that Russian troops had captured Ryzhivka.[3][4] On 13 June 2024, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andriy Demchenko claimed in a TV interview that Russian allegations about Ryzhivka are a part of a psychological operation aimed at misleading and demoralizing people in Ukraine. He also said that "Russian activities in Sumy front are not as intense as in Kharkiv Oblast".[5] The Ukrainian military has yet to comment on the situation in Ryzhivka.[6] As of 12 June, ISW has not observed visual evidence confirming Russian activity or gains in Ryzhivka since 10 June and assesses that Russian forces failed to establish an enduring presence in the settlement.[7]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 854 inhabitants. Their native languages were 82.38% Ukrainian and 17.27% Russian.[8]
References
- ^ "На Сумщині спростували заяву "кадирівців" про захоплення села Рижівка". www.ukrinform.ua.
- ^ Popeski, Ron. "Chechen leader Kadyrov says Russian troops capture Ukrainian border village". Reuters. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ Вороненко, Валерія (10 June 2024). "Російських військових у Рижівці на Сумщині немає — голова громади". Suspilne (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Zelenskyy denies Russian fake about occupation of Ryzhivka in Sumy region". RBC-Ukraine. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Russian fakes about Ryzhivka village seizure are part of another psyop – Ukrainian State Border Guard Service". The Voice of Ukraine. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
- ^ "Updated: Ukraine refutes Kadyrov's claims about captured Sumy Oblast border village". The Kyiv Independent. 10 June 2024.
- ^ Grace Mappes; Nicole Wolkov; Christina Harward; Karolina Hird; George Barros (4 June 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 12, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
