Vărăncău (Ukrainian: Воронково, Russian: Воронко́во, Voronkovo, Polish: Woronków[1][2]) is a commune in the Rîbnița District of Transnistria, Moldova, composed of three villages: Buschi (Буськи), Gherșunovca (Гершунівка) and Vărăncău.

Woronków, as it was known in Polish, was a private village of the Lubomirski family,[1] administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

[4] The aerodrome was repeatedly struck by drones flying over the village on 6 May 2022.

[5] This was part of a series of attacks that happened in Transnistria as the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine was developing.

[6] According to the 2004 census, the population of the village was 2,942 inhabitants, of which 899 (30.55%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 1,745 (59.31%) Ukrainians and 223 (7.57%) Russians.