Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast

Shortly after invading Ukraine, Russian forces occupied the town of Snihurivka, which is approximately 60 km (37.3 miles) from the regional capital of Mykolaiv. Russian forces also occupied surrounding towns near the border with Kherson Oblast, as well as several villages (Pokrovka, Pokrovske and Vasylivka) in the Biloberezhia Sviatoslava National Park.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In late April, Russian forces prepared a referendum to integrate occupied areas into the Republic of Crimea as well as appoint a governor for the areas.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-09 |title=Occupation of Snihurivka: Destruction, Looting, Traitors, and Humanity in Dark Times |url=https://bihus.info/occupation-of-snihurivka-destruction-looting-traitors-and-humanity-in-dark-times/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Bihus.Info |language=uk}} Russian passports and rubles were said to be issued and given out by September 1, and had already been issued and given out in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia administrations.{{Cite web |title=Russian Federation plans to hold a pseudo-referendum to join to occupied Crimea a city in Mykolaiv area, - intelligence.espreso |url=https://global.espreso.tv/russian-federation-plans-to-hold-a-pseudo-referendum-to-join-to-occupied-crimea-a-city-in-mykolaiv-area-intelligence |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=espreso.tv |language=en}}

On 27 June 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine claimed to have detained a former deputy of the Mykolaiv City Council who was collaborating with Russian forces in Mykolaiv Oblast. He was a supporter of the separation of Mykolaiv Oblast from Ukraine and the creation of a Russian-backed separatist enclave called the "Mykolaiv People's Republic". He reportedly leaked information about the Armed 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 the war in Ukraine, at which point it would be annexed to Russia. 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-27 |title=Security Service of Ukraine detains collaborator who wanted to set up a "Mykolaiv People's Republic |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/06/27/7355001/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Pravda |language=en-us}}

The administration was officially established on 13 August 2022.{{Cite web |last=Kirillova |first=Oksana |date=13 August 2022 |title=Снигиревка Николаевской области примет участие в референдуме о присоединении к России |url=https://360tv.ru/news/ukrainian-crisis/snigirevka-nikolaevskoj-oblasti-primet-uchastie-v-referendume-o-prisoedinenii-k-rossii/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=360tv.ru |language=ru}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-16 |title=The Russian occupiers appointed Yuri Barbashov, a drug addict and "official" of the "LPR", as Gauleiter of Snigirevka in the Nikolaev region - Top New Stories |url=https://topnewstories.com/news/the-russian-occupiers-appointed-yuri-barbashov-a-drug-addict-and-official-of-the-lpr-as-gauleiter-of-snigirevka-in-the-nikolaev-region/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816130023/https://topnewstories.com/news/the-russian-occupiers-appointed-yuri-barbashov-a-drug-addict-and-official-of-the-lpr-as-gauleiter-of-snigirevka-in-the-nikolaev-region/ |archive-date=2022-08-16 }}{{Irrelevant citation|date=October 2022}}{{When|date=October 2022}}

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On 2 September, Russian forces captured the settlement of Pervomaiske. The settlement of Partyzanske remained contested.{{Cite web |last=Pavlenko |first=Iryna |title=Mykolaiv Region refugee describes life under Russian occupation, escape |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/post/7762 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Get the Latest Ukraine News Today - KyivPost |date=28 April 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=http://dev-isw.bivings.com/ |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325065358/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-24 |url-status=dead }}{{Failed verification|date=November 2022}}

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 into Russia's administration in Kherson Oblast. These areas would eventually be annexed by Russia on 30 September.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=21 September 2022 |title=Russian-held parts of Ukraine's Mykolaiv region to be incorporated in Russian-held Kherson |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-held-parts-ukraines-mykolaiv-region-be-incorporated-russian-held-kherson-2022-09-21/ |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924222209/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-held-parts-ukraines-mykolaiv-region-be-incorporated-russian-held-kherson-2022-09-21/ |archive-date=24 September 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Два округа Николаевской области включены в состав Херсонской |url=https://lentv24.ru/dva-okruga-nikolaevskoi-oblasti-vklyuceny-v-sostav-xersonskoi.htm |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=lentv24.ru |language=ru}}{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/politics/1516985 | title=Borders of Zaporozhye, Kherson Regions upon joining Russia defined }}

On 8 August 2022, Ekaterina Gubareva, deputy head of the Kherson 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.{{Cite web |last=Samozhnev |first=Alexander |date=9 August 2022 |title=Освобожденные территории Николаевской области присоединят к Херсонской |url=https://rg.ru/2022/08/09/osvobozhdennye-territorii-nikolaevskoj-oblasti-prisoediniat-k-hersonskoj.html |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Российская газета}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-08-08 |title=ВКС уничтожили до ста националистов в Херсонской и Николаевской областях |url=https://ria.ru/20220808/vks-1808022365.html |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=РИА Новости |language=ru}}

On 13 August 2022, an article published by Tass, claimed that Yuriy 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 the Kherson Oblast.{{Cite web |url=https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/15462783 |title=A referendum on reunification with the Russian Federation will be held in Snigirevka in the Nikolaev region |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=tass.ru}}

On 11 September, following a major Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast, it was announced that the proposed annexation referendums would be "indefinitely" postponed.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/live/news-62613149?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=631dc5949ec49f77eefbdd3a%26%D0%A1%D0%9C%D0%98%3A%20%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%85%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%262022-09-11T11%3A45%3A02.518Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:8d99d8ee-4fef-4459-8cf5-6fb452af50ee&pinned_post_asset_id=631dc5949ec49f77eefbdd3a&pinned_post_type=share | title=Война России против Украины. В результате нового обстрела Харьков опять обесточен; из Луганской области бегут тысячи человек - Новости на русском языке | newspaper=BBC News Русская Служба | date=18 August 2022 }}{{Cite web |last=Pertsev |first=Andrey |date=September 11, 2022 |title=Кремль "поставил на стоп" референдумы о "присоединении" оккупированных территорий к России, утверждают источники "Медузы" Их "отложили на неопределенный срок" из-за успешного украинского контрнаступления |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/09/11/kreml-postavil-na-stop-referendumy-o-prisoedinenii-okkupirovannyh-territoriy-k-rossii-utverzhdayut-istochniki-meduzy |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Meduza |language=ru}}

On 30 September, Russia officially annexed the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts. The occupied areas of the Mykolaiv Oblast including Snihurivka and Oleksandrivka were streamlined into the Kherson Oblast claimed by Russia. The United Nations General Assembly subsequently passed a resolution calling on countries not to recognise what it described as an "attempted illegal annexation" and demanded that Russia "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw".{{Cite web |title=Ukraine: UN General Assembly demands Russia reverse course on 'attempted illegal annexation' |date=12 October 2022 |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129492}}

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Amid the Russian withdrawal across the Dnieper River, it was reported that Russian troops were leaving Snihurivka and evacuating the population into Crimea and the occupied Kherson Oblast.{{Cite web |title=Russians are retreating — but not everyone in Ukraine wants to be liberated |url=http://www.theportal-center.com/2022/09/russians-are-retreating-but-not-everyone-in-ukraine-wants-to-be-liberated/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Center For Middle Eastern Studies |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004113537/http://www.theportal-center.com/2022/09/russians-are-retreating-but-not-everyone-in-ukraine-wants-to-be-liberated/ |url-status=dead }} During this time, Ukrainian forces recaptured Ternovi Pody and Liubomyrivka, west of occupied Tsentralne,{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=http://dev-isw.bivings.com/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325065358/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-24 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |title='Ammo! Ammo!' Video shows close combat in Ukraine offensive. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/10/ukraine-combat-videos-us-weapons/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |issn=0190-8286}} after conducting several raids.{{Cite web |last=Varga |first=John |date=2022-09-11 |title=Watch: Ukraine army launches daring raid to liberate village |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1667797/russia-news-mykolaiv-province-dawn-attack-video-kherson-counter-putin-ukraine-war-update |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}

On 9 November, the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the withdrawal of Russian forces from the right bank of the Dnieper River. The next day, Ukrainian forces re-entered the town of Snihurivka and raised the Ukrainian flag.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2022/11/10/ucrania-retomo-la-ciudad-de-snihurivka-y-consolida-su-contraofensiva-en-kherson/|title=Ucrania retomó la ciudad de Snihurivka y consolida su contraofensiva en Kherson|date=November 10, 2022|website=infobae}} A few other small settlements remained under Russian control.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-05 |title=Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/36a7f6a6f5a9448496de641cf64bd375 |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=ArcGIS StoryMaps |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=http://dev-isw.bivings.com/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325065358/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-24 |url-status=dead }}{{Failed verification|date=November 2022}} By 11 November Ukrainian forces had regained control of almost all of the oblast with only the outer portion of the Kinburn Peninsula remaining under Russian occupation.{{cite web | url=https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-liberates-mykolaiv-oblast-zelenskyy-132100696.html | title=Ukraine liberates all of Mykolaiv Oblast, Zelenskyy admin considers slashing ministries | date=11 November 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-military-completely-liberates-mykolayiv-171400715.html | title=Ukrainian military completely liberates Mykolayiv Oblast from Russian invaders, says MP | date=10 November 2022 }}

The village of Maksymivka was completely destroyed.{{Citation |title=Liberated Villagers In Mykolayiv Region Describe 'Cruel' Russian Occupiers |date=29 November 2022 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-villagers-russia-occupiers-/32154265.html |access-date=2023-04-09 |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Almost completely destroyed and mined: liberated village of Maksymivka suffered Russian occupation | date=25 March 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGxfvKg2iVA |access-date=2023-04-10 |language=en}}

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 the massacre in Bucha, Kyiv oblast. All the bodies were buried in individual graves.{{Cite web |title=Bodies of 27 dead civilians found in de-occupied Snihurivka |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3670481-almost-30-dead-civilians-found-in-deoccupied-snihurivka.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=www.ukrinform.net |date=15 February 2023 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The bodies of 27 people who died during the Russian occupation were found in Snihurivka |url=https://babel.ua/en/news/90565-the-bodies-of-27-people-who-died-during-the-russian-occupation-were-found-in-snihurivka |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=babel.ua |date=15 February 2023 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=veth |date=2023-02-15 |title=Bodies of 27 dead civilians found in de-occupied Snihurivka |url=https://ukrainetoday.org/2023/02/15/bodies-of-27-dead-civilians-found-in-de-occupied-snihurivka/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Ukraine Today .org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Bodies of 27 people killed during occupation found in Mykolaiv Oblast |url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/bodies-of-27-slain-civilians-located-in-liberated-snihurivka-ukraine-war-50304521.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=english.nv.ua |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=У звільненій Снігурівці загинуло 27 мирних жителів |date=15 February 2023 |url=https://rubryka.com/en/2023/02/15/na-mykolayivshhyni-v-deokupovanisnigurivtsi-vyyavyly-27-zagyblyh-tsyvilnyh/}} Much of the city was damaged and destroyed.{{Citation |title=Как российские солдаты разграбили Снигиревку {{!}} @krymrealii | date=17 December 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXLGT8ASps |access-date=2023-04-17 |language=en}}{{Citation |title=💣 Снесли ДОМ из-за надписи ПУТИН Х**ЛО! Реалии оккупации Снегиревки | date=24 November 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTJ9i2fb2ic |access-date=2023-04-17 |language=en}} A tomato plant, built in 2018,{{Cite web |title=Ukraine to start tomato powder production - Tomato News |url=https://www.tomatonews.com/en/ukraine-to-start-tomato-powder-production_2_371.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=www.tomatonews.com}} had been bombed and destroyed using grad multiple rocket launchers.{{Cite web |title=hochu_dodomu/status/1536379063316713472 |url=https://twitter.com/hochu_dodomu/status/1536379063316713472 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Snihurivka Occupation |url=https://shorturl.gg/wtDV}}

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• Snake Island during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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