Bezsalivka

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Bezsalivka
Безсалівка
Village
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Bezsalivka
Location of Bezsalivka in Sumy Oblast
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Bezsalivka
Bezsalivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 51°15′51″N34°23′37″E / 51.26417°N 34.39361°E / 51.26417; 34.39361
Country Ukraine
Oblast Sumy Oblast
Raion Sumy Raion
Hromada Bilopillia urban hromada
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
  Total
90
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
41821
Area code +380 5443
KATOTTH UA59080030040094278
Bezsalivka

Bezsalivka is a village in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. The village is located near the border with Russia.

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History

Russian invasion of Ukraine

On July 7, 2025, the Russian defense ministry claimed that its forces had crossed into the Ukrainian border near Tyotkino and took control of Bezsaliivka. [2] [3]

The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken the village following an operation that killed 18 Russian soldiers, [4] but a Russian milblogger reportedly affiliated with the Russian Northern Group of Forces refuted the claim. [3]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 90 inhabitants, whose native languages were 79.62% Ukrainian and 23.08% Russian. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 7, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 Olivia Gibson; Grace Mappes; Anna Harvey; Jennie Olmsted; Frederick W. Kagan (10 August 2025). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 10, 2025". understandingwar.org. ISW . Retrieved 12 August 2025. Unconfirmed claims: The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces recaptured Bezsalivka (northwest of Sumy City), but a Russian milblogger reportedly affiliated with the Russian Northern Group of Forces refuted this claim.
  4. Asami Terajima (10 August 2025). "Ukraine liberates village in Sumy Oblast, General Staff says". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2025.