Kopani (Orikhiv hromada)

Coordinates: 47°27′13″N 35°43′59″E / 47.453549°N 35.733062°E / 47.453549; 35.733062
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Kopani
Копані
Kopani is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kopani
Kopani
Location of Kopani in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kopani is located in Ukraine
Kopani
Kopani
Kopani (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 47°27′13″N 35°43′59″E / 47.453549°N 35.733062°E / 47.453549; 35.733062
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionPolohy Raion
Founded Status1851
Area
 • Total6.12 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Population
 • Total616
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
70562
Area code+380 6141
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Kopani (Ukrainian: Копані) is a village in Polohy Raion (district) in Zaporizhzhia Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about 62.1 kilometres (38.6 mi) southeast of the centre of Zaporizhzhia city. It belongs to Orikhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Nearby villages are Nesterianka to the northwest and Robotyne to the east.[citation needed]

History[edit]

Kopani was founded in 1851 under the Russian Empire.

The village came under occupation by Russian forces in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War shortly before the start of the Battle of Orikhiv on 8 May. In the summer of 2023, Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive in an attempt to retake Zaporozhia Oblast; however, it fell short of its objective and did not reach Kopani.[2] As of May 2024, positional fighting was still ongoing in and around Robotyne, a hamlet just east of Kopani.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 24, 2024". Institute for the Study of War.