the president of Chechnya, then stated that Russia had "liberated" the city on 25 April.

On 12 May, it was reported that Ukrainian forces had fully retreated from the settlement to take up new defensive positions near Sievierodonetsk and had destroyed a bridge in order to slow the Russian advance.

Ukrainian forces were then forced from Sieverodonetsk in July 2022. Rubizhne remains under Russian control, as of December 2023.

Demographics

Rubizhne had 65,322 inhabitants in the Ukrainian Census of 2001.

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