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Vodolahy

Coordinates: 51°10′37.731113119196″N 34°55′14.114480735996″E / 51.17714753142200124°N 34.92058735575999862°E / 51.17714753142200124; 34.92058735575999862
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Vodolahy
Водолаги
Vodolahy is located in Ukraine
Vodolahy
Vodolahy
Location of Vodolahy within Ukraine
Vodolahy is located in Sumy Oblast
Vodolahy
Vodolahy
Vodolahy (Sumy Oblast)
Coordinates: 51°10′37.731113119196″N 34°55′14.114480735996″E / 51.17714753142200124°N 34.92058735575999862°E / 51.17714753142200124; 34.92058735575999862
CountryUkraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionSumy Raion
HromadaKhotin settlement hromada
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Population
 • Total
151
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
42311
Area code+380 542
KATOTTHUA59080290050047087
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Vodolahy (Ukrainian: Водолаги; Russian: Водолаги) is a village in Khotin settlement hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located 30.86 kilometres (19.18 mi) north-northeast (NNE) from the centre of Sumy city and about 2.00 kilometres (1.24 mi) south of the Russian-Ukrainian border.

History

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The village was captured by Russian forces in June 2025, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

Demographics

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As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 151 inhabitants, whose native languages were 92.11% Ukrainian and 7.89% Russian.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. ^ Christina Harward; Anna Harvey; Grace Mappes; Daria Novikov; Jennie Olmsted; Jessica Sobieski; Karolina Hird with Nate Trotter and William Runkel (4 June 2025). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 4, 2025". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 7 June 2025. Assessed Russian advances: Geolocated footage published on June 4 shows Russian servicemembers raising a flag in central Vodolahy (north of Sumy City), indicating that Russian forces recently seized the settlement.