Balakliia
Balakliia
Балаклія | |
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 Zhovtneva street, the main Street of Balakliia | |
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 Map of Ukraine with Balakliia highlighted | |
  Balakliia Location of Balakliia  Balakliia Balakliia (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 49°27′57″N 36°52′04″E / 49.46583°N 36.86778°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion | Izium Raion |
| Founded | 1663[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 35 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 79 m (259 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 26,921 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 64200 |
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Balakliia (Template:Lang-uk) is a city in Izium Raion, in Kharkiv Oblast (province), eastern Ukraine, on the north-east side of the Siverskyi Donets river close to where it is joined by the Balakliika river which runs through the city. It is an important railroad junction in the oblast. Balakliia hosts the administration of Balakliia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] In 2021 it had an estimated population of 26,921.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Balakliia was the administrative center of Balakliia 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 Balakliia Raion was merged into Izium Raion.[4][5]
Explosions in 2017
On 23 March 2017, 20,000 inhabitants of Balakliia were evacuated after a series of massive explosions erupted at a nearby arms depot of the Balakliia military installation, which stockpiles missile and artillery ammunition.[6] The disaster led to the death of one civilian woman and five others injured, with no casualties among the military.[7][8] Thousands of residents within a 10 km radius around the complex were evacuated in the aftermath. By the end of March, the fires and resulting arms explosions at the ammunition depot in Balakliia had damaged almost 250 buildings. [9] On 18 April, the city and nearby villages were cleared from unexploded ordnance.[10]
On 3 May 2018 ignition of dry grass lead to a new series of explosions at the depot.[11] 1,500 locals were evacuated and no casualties were reported.[11]
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 3 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces captured the city.[12]
On 6 September 2022, Ukrainian forces launched an offensive towards the city, reportedly retaking the adjacent town of Verbivka and besieging the town.[13]
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Balakliia city sign -
Balakliia Ambulance in front of local hospital -
City hall -
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Balakliia Lyceum -
Children's playground
References
- ^ Балаклея // Украинская Советская Энциклопедия. том 1. Киев, «Украинская Советская энциклопедия», 1978. стр.339
- ^ "Балаклейская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / The current population of Ukraine on 1 January 2021" (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
- ^ Ukraine munitions blasts prompt mass evacuations, BBC News (23 March 2017)
- ^ "NATO envoys arrive in Balaklia to assist in humanitarian demining". UNIAN. 25 March 2017.
- ^ "One dead after blasts at eastern Ukraine arms depot". Yahoo News. 25 March 2017.
- ^ "В СБУ рассказали о взорвавшем арсенал в Балаклее беспилотнике".
- ^ Balaklia, nearby villages cleared from unexploded ordnance after March 23 accident, UNIAN (18 April 2017)
- ^ a b Ammo depot explosions in Kharkiv region's Balaklia stop on Thursday afternoon, UNIAN (3 May 2018)
- ^ "Ukrainian city of Balakliya freed from nationalist battalions - Russian Defense Ministry". interfax.com. 3 March 2022.
- ^ Oliphant, Roland; Barnes, Joe (2022-09-06). "Ukraine launches surprise attack near Kharkiv in bid to push back Russians". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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