Hrekivka


Hrekivka, known as Petrivske before 2016, is a village in Svatove Raion in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about northwest from the centre of Luhansk city. It belongs to Krasnorichenske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

History

The settlement was founded in 1963.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

The village came under attack and was occupied by Russian forces in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was regained by Ukrainian forces on 5 October the same year.
By 21 June 2025, Russia had recaptured the settlement which resulted in Russia having control of 99.1% of Luhansk Oblast, but was regained by Ukraine again by 31 July.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 57 inhabitants, whose native languages were 92.45% Ukrainian and 7.55% Russian.