Pryvillia | |
Native Name: | Привілля |
Settlement Type: | City |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Luhansk Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Sievierodonetsk urban hromada |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1695 |
Established Title1: | City Status |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 6520 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Luhansk Oblast |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 49°N 38.3°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | (+380) |
Registration Plate: | BB / 13 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Dfb |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Lysychansk urban hromada |
Pryvillia is a city in Lysychansk urban hromada, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population:
Pryvillia is situated on steep slopes along the right bank of the Siverskyi Donets River.
On 7 May 2022, Russian forces shelled the city during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Two teenage boys, aged 11 and 14 respectively, were killed.[1] Russian forces crossed the Siverskyi Donets river and captured the city sometime between 28 June and 1 July.[2] [3] [4]
In the beginning of August, the Bellingcat group reported that the earlier published videos of mutilation and subsequent murder of an unidentified Ukrainian soldier by Russian paramilitaries were geolocated to the Pryvillia Sanatorium, located in Pryvillia.[5]
Ethnic groups according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[6]
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7]