{{Short description|Village in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |name=Lyptsi |native_name=Липці<!-- Settlement name in local language(s), if different from the English name --> |native_name_lang=uk<!-- ISO 639-1 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> | settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Липецька загальноосвітня школа І-ІІІ ст. імені П.В. Щепкіна.jpg |imagesize = 280 |image_alt =Lipetsk primary school for the I-III grades |image_caption = Lipetsk primary school for the I-III grades |image_shield = Lyptsi reconstruktsia gerb.png |shield_alt = Historical coat of arms of the settlement of Lyptsi |coordinates ={{coord| 50.209167 |36.421111 |display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ukraine |subdivision_type1 = Oblast |subdivision_name1 = Kharkiv Oblast |subdivision_type2 = Raion |subdivision_name2 = Kharkiv Raion |subdivision_type3 = Hromada |subdivision_name3 = Lyptsi rural hromada |code1_name=KATOTTH |code1_info=UA63120090010039403 |established_title=Founded |established_date=1660 |founder= |unit_pref=Metric |area_total_km2=5.23 |population_total=4209 |population_footnotes=<ref name=ukrcensus /> |population_as_of=2001 census |population_density_km2=auto |elevation_footnotes= |elevation_m=113 |timezone=EET |utc_offset=+2 |timezone_DST=EEST |utc_offset_DST=+3 |postal_code_type=Postal code |postal_code=62414 |area_code_type=Area code |area_code=+380 57 | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-point = none | mapframe-wikidata = yes |footnotes= }}

'''Lyptsi''' ({{langx|uk|Липці}}; {{langx|ru|link=no|Липцы}}) is a village in the Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=10367662&fid=6522&c=ukraine|title=Liptsi, Ukraine - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates|website=geographic.org}}</ref> The village was founded in 1660. The village had a population of 13,321 in 2020. Lyptsy is the center of the Liptsi territorial community of Kharkiv Raion.

== Geography == The village of Liptsi is located northeast of Kharkiv, 10&nbsp;km from the border with Russia. The Kharkiv River (Siversky Donets basin) and its left tributary, the Liptsi, flow through the village. To the north of the village is the Travianske Reservoir. The administration of the Liptsi Rural Territorial Community is located in the village<ref name="admreform_2020_lyptsi">{{cite web |title=Липецкая громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/lypecka/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref><ref>Харківська область. Географічний атлас. Серія «Моя мала Батьківщина» – 2021 р.{{ISBN|978-617-7208-58-6}} Retrieved 2025-06-29</ref>

Liptsi is located on the slopes of the Central Russian Upland, in the forest-steppe natural zone. The climate of the territory has a temperate continental type with cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature is +8.7&nbsp;°C (in January -4.5, in July +22). The average annual precipitation is 520&nbsp;mm. The greatest amount of precipitation falls in summer.<ref name=":0">Сегіда К. Ю., Редін В. І., Чабань М. Т. Географія Харківської області: «Економічна та соціальна географія». – Харків, 2012. – 56 с. Retrieved 2025-06-29</ref>

Around the village are summer cottages and broad-leaved and pine forests.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Липці |url=https://maps.visicom.ua/c/36.40079,50.21077,14/f/STL1NWUT3?lang=uk |archive-date= |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=maps.visicom.ua |language=uk}}</ref>

==History== The village was founded under the Tsardom of Russia in 1660 by peasants from Right-bank Ukraine.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://esu.com.ua/search_articles.php?id=54781 | title=Липці — Енциклопедія Сучасної України | year=2016 | volume=17 | publisher=Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України | isbn=9789660220744 }}</ref> The area had fallen under Russian control as a result of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, with the Cossack Hetmanate swearing fealty to the Russian tsar.

=== Russo-Ukrainian War ===

Lyptsi was occupied by the Russian Armed Forces on 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|website=Ґвара Медіа|language=uk|access-date=9 January 2025|date=24 October 2024|url=https://gwaramedia.com/liudey-nemaie-iakyy-vyhliad-maie-selo-lyptsi-sohodni/|title=«Людей немає»: який вигляд має село Липці сьогодні|first=Ліза|last=Бикова|quote=До 24 лютого 2022 року у Липцях проживало близько 13,5 тисяч людей, але в перший день повномасштабного вторгнення громада була окупована. 11 вересня 2022 року територію громади звільнили від росіян, тоді ж частина місцевих виїхала.}}</ref><ref name=tsiomik/>

By 10 May 2022, a major Ukrainian counterattack around Kharkiv city led to Lyptsi becoming contested, according to GlobalSecurity.org, an American defense think tank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/russo-ukraine-2022-05-10.htm|title=Russo-Ukraine War - 10 May 2022|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>

On 13 September 2022, during another Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast, the 247th Battalion of Ukraine's 127th Territorial Defense Brigade announced that its forces had recaptured Lyptsi, raising the Ukrainian flag in the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/kharkiv/281401-u-lipcah-glibokomu-ta-strilecij-na-harkivsini-bijci-vstanovili-ukrainskij-prapor/|title=У Липцях, Глибокому та Стрілечій на Харківщині бійці встановили український прапор|language=uk|website=Suspilne|first=Альона|last=Рязанцева|access-date=9 January 2025|date=13 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=tsiomik>{{cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/kharkiv/285488-u-deokupovanih-lipcah-na-harkivsini-znajsli-se-odnu-kativnu-okupantiv/|language=uk|access-date=9 January 2025|first=Ганна|last=Цьомик|date=26 September 2022|title=У деокупованих Липцях на Харківщині знайшли ще одну катівню окупантів|quote=Липці перебували під окупацією з початку повномасштабного вторгнення РФ 24 лютого 2022 року. Збройні сили України звільнили село під час контрнаступу. 13 вересня військові харківської тероборони встановили українські прапори у селах Липці, Глибоке та Стрілеча.|website=Suspilne}}</ref>

==Demographics== As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 4,209 inhabitants, whose native languages were 78.00% Ukrainian, 21.40% Russian, 0.24% Belarusian, 0.12% Armenian, 0.05% Moldovan (Romanian) and 0.02% German.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table: 19A050501_02_063. Distribution of the population by native language, Kharkivska oblast (1,2,3,4) |url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_02_063&ti=19A050501_02_063.%20Distribution%20of%20the%20population%20by%20native%20language,%20Kharkivska%20oblast%20(1,2,3,4)&path=../Database/Census/05/02/01/&lang=2&multilang=en |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=db.ukrcensus.gov.ua}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=ukrcensus>{{cite web|url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_en.asp |title=All-Ukrainian population census |publisher=State Statistics Service of Ukraine |date= |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=db.ukrcensus.gov.ua |language=en }}</ref> <!-- <ref name=ISW_2024-05-10>{{cite web|url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-10-2024 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 10, 2024 |publisher=ISW |date=2024-05-10 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=understandingwar.org |language=en |author=Riley Bailey |author2=Angelica Evans |author3=Christina Harward |author4=Grace Mappes |author5=Frederick W. Kagan |quote=Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov and Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported that Russian forces seized Strilecha, Krasne, Pylna, and Borisivka (all north to northeast of Lyptsi), and Butusov reported that Russian forces have established a foothold in the area five kilometers deep and 10 kilometers wide. }}</ref> --> }}

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