Slobidka, Podilsk Raion, Odessa Oblast
Slobidka (; ) is an urban-type settlement in Podilsk Raion of Odessa Oblast in Ukraine. It is located at the north of the oblast, close to the border with Moldova/Transnistria. Slobidka hosts the administration of Slobidka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Until 18 July 2020, Slobidka belonged to Kodyma Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odessa Oblast to seven. The area of Kodyma Raion was merged into Podilsk Raion. Economy. Transportation. Slobidka railway station  is a railway junction which has access to Odessa via Podilsk, to Kropyvnytskyi via Liubashivka, to Zhmerynka, and to Rîbnița in Transnistria. There is some passenger traffic in all these directions except for Transnistria. Slobidka is on a road which runs from Transnistrian border to Kryve Ozero via Balta. In Kryve Ozero, it has access to Highway M05 connecting Kyiv and Odessa.