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Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast | |
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| Occupied country | Ukraine |
| Occupying power | Russia |
| Russian invasion of Ukraine | 24 February 2022 |
| Annexation by Russia as part ofRussian Kherson Oblast | 30 September 2022[1] |
| Russian withdrawal | 9–11 November 2022 |
| Administrative centre | Snihurivka (until 10 November) |
| Largest settlement | Snihurivka (until 10 November) Vasylivka (since 11 November) |
| Government | |
| • Head of Administration | Yuriy Barbashov (until 10 November 2022) |
Parts of Ukraine'sMykolaiv Oblast came undermilitary occupation by Russian forces as part of theRussian invasion of Ukraine.
By March 2022, afterunsuccessfully attempting to takeVoznesensk andcaptureMykolaiv, Russian forces were pushed back to the southeastern part of the oblast.
On 21 September 2022, it was reported that the Russian-occupied areas of Mykolaiv Oblast would be incorporated into theRussian administration for the Kherson Oblast.[1] Russiaannexed the Kherson Oblast nine days later.
On 10 November 2022, Ukrainian forces liberatedSnihurivka, the only Russian-held city in the oblast, amid acomplete Russian withdrawal from areas on the right bank of theDnieper River.[2][3] The next day, local Ukrainian officials claimed that the entire Mykolaiv Oblast had been liberated except for theKinburn Peninsula.[4]
Shortly after invading Ukraine, Russian forces occupied the town of Snihurivka, which is approximately 60 km (37.3 miles) from the regional capital ofMykolaiv. Russian forces also occupied surrounding towns near the border withKherson Oblast, as well as several villages (Pokrovka,Pokrovske andVasylivka) in theBiloberezhia Sviatoslava National Park.[citation needed]
In late April, Russian forces prepared areferendum to integrate occupied areas into theRepublic of Crimea as well as appoint a governor for the areas.[5]Russian passports andrubles were said to be issued and given out by September 1, and had already been issued and given out inKherson andZaporizhzhia administrations.[5][6]
On 27 June 2022, theSecurity Service of Ukraine claimed to have detained a former deputy of theMykolaiv City Council who was collaborating with Russian forces inMykolaiv Oblast. He was a supporter of the separation ofMykolaiv Oblast fromUkraine and the creation of a Russian-backed separatist enclave called the "Mykolaiv People's Republic". He reportedly leaked information about theArmed Forces of Ukraine in hopes of obtaining an executive position in the occupying administration. The plan was for the separatist enclave to exist until the end of thewar in Ukraine, at which point it would be annexed toRussia. The Russians had allegedly also promised the collaborator an executive position in the "MPR" administration as a reward for his work if they managed to occupy the region.[7]
The administration was officially established on 13 August 2022.[8][9][irrelevant citation][when?]
On 2 September, Russian forces captured the settlement ofPervomaiske. The settlement ofPartyzanske remained contested.[10][11][failed verification]
On 21 September, it was announced that the area surrounding Snihurivka as well as the outer portion of the Kinburn Peninsula, which constituted the parts of Mykolaiv Oblast that were under Russian control at the time, would be incorporated intoRussia's administration in Kherson Oblast. These areas would eventually be annexed by Russia on 30 September.[12][13][14]
On 8 August 2022,Ekaterina Gubareva, deputy head of theKherson Civilian-Military Administration announced the annexation of occupied territories of Mykolaiv Oblast. She also claimed that in some occupied towns, Russian mobile communications have begun to work. According to her, such a decision was made in order to provide the population with social payments in the "liberated" territories, as well as to establish mobile communications and television broadcasting.[15][16]
On 13 August 2022, an article published byTass, claimed thatYuriy Barbashov, governor of occupied territories claimed that a referendum in Snihurivka would take place to join Russia. The referendum would be aligned as the one in theKherson Oblast.[17]
On 11 September, following a majorUkrainian counteroffensive inKharkiv Oblast, it was announced that the proposed annexation referendums would be "indefinitely" postponed.[18][19]
On 30 September, Russia officiallyannexed theKherson,Zaporizhzhia,Luhansk andDonetskOblasts. The occupied areas of the Mykolaiv Oblast including Snihurivka and Oleksandrivka were streamlined into theKherson Oblast claimed by Russia.[13] TheUnited NationsGeneral Assembly subsequently passed aresolution calling on countries not to recognise what it described as an "attempted illegal annexation" and demanded that Russia "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw".[20]
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Amid theRussian withdrawal across theDnieper River, it was reported that Russian troops were leaving Snihurivka and evacuating the population into Crimea and the occupied Kherson Oblast.[21] During this time, Ukrainian forces recapturedTernovi Pody andLiubomyrivka, west of occupiedTsentralne,[22][23] after conducting several raids.[24]
On 9 November, the Russian Defense MinisterSergei Shoigu announced the withdrawal of Russian forces from the right bank of theDnieper River. The next day,Ukrainian forces re-entered the town ofSnihurivka and raised the Ukrainian flag.[25] A few other small settlements remained under Russian control.[26][27][failed verification] By 11 November Ukrainian forces had regained control of almost all of the oblast with only the outer portion of theKinburn Peninsula remaining under Russian occupation.[28][29]
The village ofMaksymivka was completely destroyed.[30][31]
A mass grave was found in Snihurivka with 27 dead civilians. At the same time, it was emphasized that no mass burial sites were found in the city, as in themassacre inBucha,Kyiv oblast. All the bodies were buried in individual graves.[32][33][34][35][36] Much of the city was damaged and destroyed.[37][38] A tomato plant, built in 2018,[39] had been bombed and destroyed usinggrad multiple rocket launchers.[40][41]
| Name | Pop. | Raion | Held by | As of | More information |
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| Barativka | 1,088 | Bashtanka | Ukraine | 11 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia on 18 March 2022.Recaptured by  Ukraine in November 2022. |
| Lupareve | 1,268 | Mykolaiv | Ukraine[42] | 23 Apr 2022 | |
| Mykolaiv | 476,101 | Mykolaiv | Ukraine[43] | 18 Mar 2022 | SeeBattle of Mykolaiv,Mykolaiv cluster bombing,Government building airstrike |
| Novomykolaivka | 1,161 | Mykolaiv | Ukraine | 9 Jul 2022 | Captured by Russia on 4 July 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine on 16 August 2022.[44] |
| Novopetrivka | 1,722 | Bashtanka | Ukraine | 11 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia on 3 March 2022.[45] Recaptured by Ukraine on 27 April 2022.[46]Recaptured by Russia on 23 May 2022.[44]Recaptured by Ukraine in November 2022. |
| Ochakiv | 13,927 | Mykolaiv | Ukraine | 24 Feb 2022 | |
| Oleksandrivka | 1,336 | Bashtanka | Ukraine | 11 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia on 11 March 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine on 11 November 2022. |
| Partyzanske | 1,021 | Bashtanka | Ukraine | 11 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia on 3 March 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine in April 2022.[47]Contested in September-November 2022.[44] |
| Pervomaiske | 2,698 | Mykolaiv | Ukraine | 11 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia on 2 September 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine in 2022. |
| Pokrovka | 229 | Mykolaiv | Russia | 9 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia in 2022. |
| Pokrovske | 181 | Mykolaiv | Russia | 9 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia in 2022. |
| Shevchenkove | 3,150 | Mykolaiv | Ukraine[43] | 18 Mar 2022 | |
| Snihurivka | 12,307 | Bashtanka | Ukraine[48][49] | 9 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia on 13 March 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine on 10 November 2022. |
| Tsentralne | 1,247 | Mykolaiv | Ukraine | 11 Nov 2022 | Captured by Russia on 18 June 2022. Recaptured by Ukraine in November 2022. |
| Ukrainka | 1,170 | Mykolaiv | Ukraine[43] | 18 Mar 2022 | |
| Vasylivka | 382 | Mykolaiv | Russia | 4 Sep 2022 | Captured by Russia in 2022. |
| Voznesensk | 34,050 | Voznesensk | Ukraine[50] | 14 Mar 2022 | SeeBattle of Voznesensk |
| Vynohradivka | 1,388 | Bashtanka | Ukraine[51] | 25 Mar 2022 |
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