Izium

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Izium is a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast that became a major battleground and logistics hub during the 2022 Russian invasion.

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Izium canonical 8

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
controlledBy Ukraine (as of late 2022) ⓘ
linked to: Ukraine
country Ukraine ⓘ
elevation approximately 75 m above sea level ⓘ
firstMentioned 1681 ⓘ
formerAdministrativeStatus city of oblast significance ⓘ
foundedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
governingBody Izium City Council ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Coat of arms of Izium ⓘ
hasFlag Flag of Izium ⓘ
hasLandmark Holy Ascension Cathedral ⓘ
Kramatorsk–Izium railway bridge ⓘ
Kremlin Hill (Kremlivska Hora) ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 45000 (pre-2022) ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Kharkiv ⓘ
Sloviansk ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionTo Kharkiv ⓘ
Sloviansk ⓘ
historicalRegion Sloboda Ukraine ⓘ
languageMajority Ukrainian ⓘ
languageWidelySpoken Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Kharkiv Oblast ⓘ
eastern Ukraine ⓘ
locatedNear Kramatorsk ⓘ
Sloviansk ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Donets River ⓘ
linked to: Siverskyi Donets

Siverskyi Donets ⓘ
massGraveApproxBodies over 400 bodies ⓘ
massGraveDiscoveryDate September 2022 ⓘ
occupationEnd September 2022 ⓘ
occupationStart March 2022 ⓘ
partOf Kharkiv Raion ⓘ
recaptureDate 10 September 2022 ⓘ
strategicImportance gateway to Donbas ⓘ
logistics hub ⓘ
railway junction ⓘ
road junction ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
sufferedEvent civilian casualties in 2022 ⓘ
heavy shelling in 2022 ⓘ
mass grave discovery in 2022 ⓘ
urban destruction during 2022 battles ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Ukrainian War

Kharkiv counteroffensive (2022) ⓘ
wasOccupiedBy Russian Armed Forces ⓘ
wasRecapturedBy Armed Forces of Ukraine ⓘ

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