Vodolahy
Vodolahy
Водолаги | |
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Vodolahy Location of Vodolahy within Ukraine Vodolahy Vodolahy (Sumy Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 51°10′37.731113119196″N 34°55′14.114480735996″E / 51.17714753142200124°N 34.92058735575999862°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Sumy Oblast |
| Raion | Sumy Raion |
| Hromada | Khotin settlement hromada |
| Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 151 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 42311 |
| Area code | +380 542 |
| KATOTTH | UA59080290050047087 |
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
Russian invasion of Ukraine
The village was captured by Russian forces in June 2025, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 151 inhabitants, whose native languages were 92.11% Ukrainian and 7.89% Russian.[1]
References
- ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ 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.