Pokrovske ( uk, Покровське; russian: link=no, Покровское) is a village in
Mykolaiv Raion (
district
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) in
Mykolaiv Oblast
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of southern
Ukraine
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, at about southwest by west (
SWbW
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) of
Mykolaiv
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.
Pokrovske is located on the
Kinburn Peninsula, about east by north (
EbN) of
Odesa
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and about southeast by south (
SEbS) of
Ochakiv
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. It belongs to Ochakiv urban ''hromada'', one of the ''
hromada''s of Ukraine.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022
The settlement came under attack and was
occupied
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by
Russian forces during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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in 2022. The settlement, as well as all other occupied territory in the Mykolaiv Oblast, was
illegally annexed by Russia as part of their
Kherson Oblast.
Following a Russian withdrawal and a counter offensive by Ukrainian forces between 9th and 11th November, almost all other settlements in the Mykolaiv Oblast were liberated from Russian control. The exceptions being Pokrovske as well as the other settlements on the Kinburn Peninsula,
Vasylivka and
Pokrovka.
References
Villages in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast
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