Milove

Milove (Ukrainian: Мілове) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Milove Raion in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population: 5,944 (2013 est.)[1].

The town is adjacent to the Russian town of Chertkovo in Rostov Oblast.[2] Milove was first mentioned in 1872 as khutir Milove. It has had the status of an urban-type settlement since 1938.

Its train station is on the Russian side of the border at Chertkovo railway station.

Milove was not very affected by the War in Donbass that raged in other parts of this region of Ukraine.[2] However, on November 12, 2014 a Ukrainian border guard office was shot at with a grenade launcher leaving no casualties.[2][3] On November 27, 2015 two Russian servicemen were detained in the city, and later exchanged back to Russian authoritities.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Ukraine crisis: Life on street dividing Ukraine and Russia, BBC News (29 August 2015)
  3. ↑ (Ukrainian) На Луганщині бойовики невдало атакували прикордонний наряд In Luhansk insurgents unsuccessfully attacked the border patrol, Espresso TV (12 November 2014)
  4. ↑ http://uatoday.tv/politics/two-russian-soldiers-accidentally-cross-into-ukraine-get-detained-542985.html

Coordinates: 49°22′40″N 40°07′50″E / 49.37778°N 40.13056°E / 49.37778; 40.13056


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