Hoptivka
Hoptivka
Гоптівка | |
|---|---|
 "Hoptivka" border crossing | |
  Hoptivka Location of Hoptivka within Ukraine  Hoptivka Hoptivka (Kharkiv Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 50°10′N 36°10′E / 50.17°N 36.16°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion | Kharkiv Raion |
| Hromada | Derhachi urban hromada |
| Founded | 1850 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.273 km2 (0.492 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 158 m (518 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 999 |
| • Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 62313 |
| Area code | +380 5763 |
| KATOTTH | UA63120070120011322 |
Hoptivka (Ukrainian: Гоптівка, Russian: Гоптовка) is a village in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine and a northeastern border crossing with Russia.
Border crossing
The M2 highway is the primary border crossing, which meets the M20 in Ukraine.
History
Russian invasion of Ukraine
During the initial eastern campaign of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by Russia on or about 25 February 2022, and was subsequently retaken by Ukrainian forces on or about 11 September 2022 during its 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive.
Hoptivka came under direct attack again by Russian forces on 10 May 2024 during Russia's 2024 Kharkiv offensive, with unverified reports from Russian military bloggers claiming that the village was captured on 11 May 2024.[2] On 15 May 2024, the village was confirmed to be under Russian control.[3] Later on the village was recaptured by Ukrainian forces[4] and on 4 August 2025 Russian soldiers who had attempted to assault the Hoptivka border checkpoint were repelled.[5]
Local government
Until 18 July 2020, Hoptivka belonged to Derhachi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Derhachi Raion was merged into Kharkiv Raion.[6][7]
It belongs to Derhachi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[8]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 999 inhabitants, whose native languages were 69.47% Ukrainian, 30.23% Russian and 0.30% Armenian.[1]
References
- ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ Riley Bailey; Angelica Evans; Nicole Wolkov; Christina Harward; Frederick W. Kagan (11 May 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 11, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
Russian sources also claimed that Russian forces seized Hoptivka and Kudiivka (both northwest of Lyptsi and southeast of Kozacha Lopan).
- ^ "Kharkiv map shows Russia establishing "buffer zone" along border". Newsweek. 14 May 2024.
- ^ Olivia Gibson; Daria Novikov; Christina Harward; Jennie Olmsted; Jessica Sobieski; Grace Mappes; Kateryna Stepanenko; William Runkel (5 June 2025). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 5, 2025". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
A Russian source claimed that Ukrainian forces attempted to counterattack from Hoptivka (north of Kharkiv City) toward Zhuralevka, Belgorod Oblast.
- ^ Kateryna Hodunova (4 August 2025). "Ukrainian forces repel Russian assault on border checkpoint in Kharkiv Oblast, kill 'more than ten' soldiers, military says". kyivindependent.com. The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Дергачевская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.