Popivka, Okhtyrka Raion, Sumy Oblast

Popivka (Ukrainian: Попівка), is a village in northeastern Ukraine, located in Okhtyrka Raion of Sumy Oblast.

The village is on the banks of the Vorsklytsia River, and is located on the Russian-Ukrainian Border.

The exact date of the founding of the village was never known, but is estimated to be around late 18th century.

During the Holodomor in 1932–1933, almost 300 residents in the village died as a result of mass starvation.

[1] During the German-Soviet War, the village was occupied by Wehrmacht forces from October 1941 to August 1943, when it was liberated by Soviet forces during the Soviet counteroffensive in northeastern Ukraine.