{{Short description|Village in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Horobivka | native_name = Гороб'ївка | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_flag = | image_shield = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast#Ukraine | coordinates = {{Coord|49|49|54|N|37|43|44|E|scale:100000_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Kharkiv Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Kupiansk Raion.png}} Kupiansk Raion | government_type = Dvorichna settlement hromada | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1799 | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = 1,088 | elevation_m = 90 | population_footnotes = <ref name=spis>{{Cite web |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-census-2001-lang/donecka.htm |title=Linguistic composition of Ukraine 2001 |language=uk}}</ref> | population_as_of = 2001 | population_total = 263 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 62701 | area_code = +380 5750 | blank_name_sec1 = KOATUU code | blank_info_sec1 = 6321885502 | blank_name_sec2 = KATOTTH code | blank_info_sec2 = None<ref>{{cite web |title=Дворічанська територіальна громада |trans-title=Dvorichan territorial community |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4650/ |publisher=Decentralisation in Ukraine |year=2022 |page=1 |access-date=6 June 2023 |language=uk}}</ref> | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }}
'''Horobivka''' ({{langx|uk|Гороб'ївка}}, {{langx|ru|Горобьевка|Gorobievka}}) is a village in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. In 2001, it had a population of 263 people.<ref name=spis/> It is located {{convert|17|km|mi}} northeast of Kupiansk.<ref name=ISW19Oct/> {{As of|May 2023}}, the village is currently fully occupied by Russian forces during their invasion of Ukraine.<ref name="Map">See the detailed map.</ref>
== History == === 2020 Kharkiv Oblast forest fire === In September 2020, the village almost completely burned down as a result of a forest fire in the wider Kharkiv region. The residents were evacuated.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Горить Понад 500 Гектарів: На Харківщині Внаслідок Пожежі Вщент Згоріло Село |language=uk |url=https://www.5.ua/regiony/horyt-ponad-500-hektariv-na-kharkivshchyni-vnaslidok-pozhezhi-vshchent-zhorilo-selo-vkliuchennia-223089.html |access-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903013920/https://www.5.ua/regiony/horyt-ponad-500-hektariv-na-kharkivshchyni-vnaslidok-pozhezhi-vshchent-zhorilo-selo-vkliuchennia-223089.html |archive-date=3 September 2020 }}</ref> 22 houses were destroyed, leaving 33 people homeless.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-54013659|access-date=21 February 2023|title=Гороб'ївка - вигоріле вщент село. Вражаючі фото пожеж на Харківщині|date=3 September 2020|work=BBC Ukrainian}}</ref>
=== 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine === It was occupied by the Russian Armed Forces as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 24 September 2022, it was reported by Russian milbloggers that Ukrainian forces had recaptured the village as part of their wider counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2022 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 24 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War|first1=Karolina|last1=Hird|first2=George|last2=Barros|first3=Frederick W.|last3=Kagan}}</ref> Over the course of the next month, Russia made efforts to recapture the territory it lost in northeast Kharkiv Oblast, including Horobivka. On 18 October 2022, an official from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic first claimed that Russian forces had recaptured Horobivka.<ref name=ISW19Oct>{{cite web|url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-19|title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 19|date=October 19, 2022|first1=Katherine |last1=Lawlor |first2=Karolina |last2=Hird |first3=Grace |last3=Mappes |first4=Riley |last4=Bailey |first5=George |last5=Barros |first6=Frederick W. |last6=Kagan|quote= Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) Deputy Internal Minister Vitaly Kiselyov reiterated claims that Russian forces captured Horobivka (17km northeast of Kupyansk) on October 18, although ISW cannot independently verify that Russian forces have captured the settlement.}}</ref> The village {{as of|May 2023}} is still currently occupied by Russian forces.<ref name="Map"/>
== Demographics == In 2001, the village had 263 inhabitants. Of these, 243 spoke Ukrainian, and 20 spoke Russian.<ref name=spis/>
== See also == ;List of nearby settlements {{Div col}} * Hrianykivka * Tavilzhanka * Dvorichne * Dvorichna * Masiutivka {{End div col}} {{clear}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Villages in Kupiansk Raion Category:Populated places established in 1799
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