Basivka, Sumy Oblast
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Basivka
Басівка | |
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  Basivka Location of Basivka within Ukraine  Basivka Basivka (Sumy Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 51°11′13″N 35°05′18″E / 51.187054°N 35.0882°E | |
| Country Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast Region | Sumy Oblast |
| Raion | Sumy Raion |
| Hromada | Yunakivka rural hromada |
| First mentioned | 1662 |
| Elevation | 159 m (522 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 644 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 42312 |
| Area code | +380 542 |
| KATOTTH | UA59080310020044337 |
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Basivka (Ukrainian: Басівка; Russian: Басовка) is a village in the Sumy Raion of Sumy Oblast in eastern Ukraine, at about 29.46 kilometres (18.31 mi) northeast (NE) of the centre of Sumy city. It belongs to Yunakivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
[edit]The first written mention of the village dates back to 1662.
Russo-Ukrainian War
[edit]On 3 April 2025, Russia claimed to have captured Basivka[2]; this has been denied by Ukraine.[3][4]
Demographics
[edit]As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 644 inhabitants, whose native languages were 91.96% Ukrainian, 7.42% Russian and 0.15% Belarusian.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "Russian troops push into Ukraine's Sumy region". 6 April 2025.
- ^ "Ukraine's disinfo watchdog denies Russia's capture of Basivka in Sumy region". www.ukrinform.net. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ Olivia Gibson; Davit Gasparyan; Grace Mappes; Christina Harward; Daria Novikov; Frederick W. Kagan (6 April 2025). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 6, 2025". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
Assessed Russian advances: Geolocated footage published on April 5 and 6 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced in northeastern Guyevo, Kursk Oblast (south of Sudzha) and southern Basivka, Sumy Oblast (northeast of Sumy City).
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