Khrestivka (Ukrainian: ) is a village in the

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 ...

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, 20km north of the border with the

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. The village hosts the administration of the Khrestivka rural Hromada, one of the

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Geography

The village is situated 88km south east of the administrative centre of the Oblast, the city of

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, and 29km north east of the

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coast. It has an area of 1.4km2 and a population of approximately 1,694 people.

Administrative Status

Until July 2020, Khrestivka was in the

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 ...

of Kherson Oblast. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as a result of the administrative reform of Ukraine's districts, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five, merging Chaplynka Raion into Kakhovka Raion. The village is now part of Kakhovka Raion.

Russian Invasion and Occupation

When Russia invaded Ukraine, almost all of Kherson Oblast was captured along with Khrestivka, which was captured on the first day of the war, 24 February 2022. The village was captured in Russia's southern offensive from occupied Crimea. The western part of the Oblast, including Kherson and all settlements west of the

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, were liberated by the

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, on 10 November and 11 November 2022. However, as of May 2023, the village remains

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by Russian forces.

References

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