Chaplynka ( uk, Чаплинка) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

Kakhovka Raion Kakhovka Raion ( uk, Каховський район) is one of the administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Nova Kakhovka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as ...

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...

, southern

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. It hosts the administration of the

Chaplynka settlement hromada Chaplynka ( uk, Чаплинка) is an urban-type settlement in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of the Chaplynka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of In early ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. It had a population of In early 2022, the settlement of Chaplynka came under the scope of the temporary Russian occupation and Russianization efforts that started at that time as part of the Russian war of aggression.

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Chaplynka was the administrative center of

Chaplynka Raion Chaplynka Raion ( uk, Чаплинський район) was one of the 18 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Chaplynka. The raion w ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Chaplynka Raion was merged into Kakhovka Raion.

History

To the south of the town is Chaplynka airfield () which as of August 2022 was being used as a

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airbase against

as part of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

References

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The murder of the Jews of Chaplynka
during

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, at

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