Velyka Pysarivka
Velyka Pysarivka (, ) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Velyka Pysarivka Raion of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. It is located close to the border with Russia, on the left bank of the Vorskla, a tributary of the Dnieper. Population: Economy. Transportation. The settlement is connected by roads with Bohodukhiv, with Sumy via Krasnopillia, and across the border with Grayvoron in Russia. The closest railway station is in Bohodukhiv, on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Sumy. 2022 Russian invasion. On 24 February, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces entered Sumy Oblast  near Sumy, Shostka, and Okhtyrka. According to the Sumy Oblast governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, fighting began at 07:30 on the outskirts of the city in the direction of Velyka Pysarivka. According to a Ukrainian state employee Anton Herashchenko, Russian forces could not occupy the city, and retreated the following day, leaving tanks and equipment.