Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast
Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast | |
|---|---|
| Occupied country | Ukraine |
| Occupying power | Russia |
| Russian invasion of Ukraine | 24 February 2022 |
| Annexation by Russia as part of Russian Kherson Oblast | 30 September 2022 |
| 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's Mykolaiv Oblast came under military occupation by Russian forces as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
By March 2022, after unsuccessfully attempting to take Voznesensk and capture Mykolaiv, 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 the Russian administration for the Kherson Oblast. Russia annexed the Kherson Oblast nine days later.
On 10 November 2022, Ukrainian forces liberated Snihurivka, the only Russian-held city in the oblast, amid a complete Russian withdrawal from areas on the right bank of the Dnieper River. The next day, local Ukrainian officials claimed that the entire Mykolaiv Oblast had been liberated except for the Kinburn Peninsula.