Milove (Ukrainian: Мілове; Russian: Меловое, romanized: Melovoye) is the easternmost rural settlement the nominal administrative center of Milove settlement hromada in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine.
It was a small settlement in the Markovka Volost [uk] of the Starobelsky Uyezd of the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
During World War II it was under German occupation from July 1942 to January 16, 1943 and was an entrenched stronghold.
[13] The villages of Milove (Ukraine) and Chertkovo (Russia) are separated by the Friendship of Peoples Street [uk], which is about three kilometers long and is also a state border.
On the Russian side there are Chertkovsky elevator, railroad station, meat processing plant.
On the Ukrainian side of the street are the Milove Refined Oils Plant (not operating), an energy company, and a large market square.
In 2004-2013 Milove hosted the annual international festival of modern and traditional Ukrainian and Russian songs "Friendship Street".
[2] However, on November 12, 2014, a Ukrainian border guard office was shot at with a grenade launcher leaving no casualties.