After the construction of the Voronezh–Rostov railroad was completed in 1872, the
khutir of Milove emerged near Chertkovo station as a small settlement in the Markovka Volost of the
Starobelsky Uyezd in the
Kharkov Governorate of the
Russian Empire. Soviet rule was established there in January 1918, and in 1938 the settlement received the status of an urban-type settlement. During
World War II, Milove was occupied by German forces from July 1942 to January 16, 1943, serving as an entrenched stronghold, and later became a Soviet stronghold The hostilities and the German occupation caused 56.6 million
rubles in damage, with the buildings of the
collective farm and the
MTS, the mill, the House of Culture, the library, the school, the nursery, the printing house, and half of all houses completely destroyed or burned down, after which reconstruction began. In 1948, a tree nursery was established on the outskirts of the settlement., and in January 1959 its population reached 4,592 people (1,964 men and 2,628 women). The Starobilsk Veterinary College was transferred to Milove in 1964, and the monument "Ukraine to the Liberators" was installed. By 1973, the settlement hosted a butter factory, the veterinary college, and both a historical and a local history museum. After
Ukraine declared independence, Milove found itself on the state border with Russia, where the customs post “Milove” was established under the responsibility of the Luhansk border patrol guard of the Eastern Regional Department of the
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. The settlements of Milove (Ukraine) and Chertkovo (Russia) are divided by Friendship of Peoples Street, which stretches about three kilometers and also functions as the state border. Nearly 500 Ukrainian and Russian residents live along this street. On the Russian side are the Chertkovsky elevator, the railroad station, and a meat processing plant, while the Ukrainian side contains the Milove Refined Oils Plant (no longer in operation), an energy company, and a large market square. From 2004 to 2013, Milove hosted the annual international festival of modern and traditional Ukrainian and Russian songs “Friendship Street”, during which the border was de facto open. In May 1995, the
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the privatization of the local repair and transport enterprise, followed in July 1995 by the privatization of the raion agricultural machinery and raion agricultural chemistry enterprises. At the outbreak of the
war in Donbas, Milove was not heavily affected On November 27, 2015, two Russian servicemen were detained in the settlement and later exchanged back to Russian authorities. Milove was occupied by Russian forces on February 24, 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is currently administered as part of the
Lugansk People's Republic of Russia. == Demographics ==