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Dvorichna (, ) is a rural settlement in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dvorichna settlement hromada, one of the of Ukraine. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the town was captured by Russian forces, but was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in September 2022 during a major counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast. As of January 2025, the town is under Russian control.
In 1960, the town became classified as an urban-type settlement. This remained until 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dvorichna became a rural settlement.
Until 18 July 2020, Dvorichna was the administrative center of Dvorichna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Dvorichna Raion was merged into Kupiansk Raion.
After the recapture, however, the town still remained relatively close to the frontline, and as a result had the population of the town fell from 3,500 before the war to 80 as of February 2024, and 80% of the buildings in the town had become damaged to some degree, including all 35 apartment buildings.
By December 2024, the settlement was contested by Russian forces as part of renewed offensive operations to cross the Oskil river. By 13 January 2025, Russian forces had expanded their bridgehead along the Oskil River near Dvorichna and captured around half of the village. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 13, 2025 On 28 January, the Russian defense ministry said that the settlement had been fully recaptured by its forces.
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