Berdiansk or Berdyansk is a port city in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast (province) in south-eastern Ukraine. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, which is the northern extension of the Black Sea. It serves as an administrative center of Berdiansk Raion (district), though it does not belong to the raion. The city is named after the river Berda forming Berdianska spit at the foot of which it is located. Berdiansk is home to a safari zoo, water park, museums, health resorts with mud baths and climatic treatments, and numerous water sport activities. It is currently under Russian military occupation.
Kherson is a city in the south of Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast and an economic centre. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry. It is the centre of Kherson Raion and hosts the administration of Kherson urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Since March 2022, the city has been occupied by Russian forces during its invasion of the country as part of the Kherson military–civilian administration. As of 2021, it had a population of 283,649 , but the Ukrainian authorities estimate that since the invasion 45% of inhabitants have fled the city.
The Arabat Spit or Arabat Arrow is a barrier spit which separates a large, shallow and very salty system of lagoons named Syvash from the Sea of Azov. The spit is located between the Henichesk Strait to the north and the north-eastern shores of Crimea to the south.
Kherson Oblast, is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. As of June 2022 most of it is under Russian occupation since March 2 2022. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson. The area of the region is 28,461 km2 and the population 1,016,707 It is considered the 'fruit basket' of the country, as much of its agricultural production is dispersed throughout the country, with production peaking during the summer months. Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kherson city and most of the oblast has been administered by Russian forces as the Kherson military-civilian administration.
Skadovsk is a port city on the Black Sea in Kherson Oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Skadovsk Raion (district). Skadovsk hosts the administration of the Skadovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city has a population of 17,344.
Henichesk is a port city along the Sea of Azov in Kherson Oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Henichesk Raion (district). Henichesk hosts the administration of Henichesk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 19,253
The article's name is transliterated in accordance to the official and academical romanization of Ukrainian.
Strilkove is a Ukrainian village in Henichesk raion of Kherson oblast. It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 2001 its population was 1,372, and was predominantly ethnic Russian.
Nyzhni Sirohozy is an urban-type settlement in Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast in Ukraine. It is located inland, between Melitopol and Kherson. Nyzhni Sirohozy hosts the administration of Nyzhni Sirohozy settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 4,544
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine. This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of completeness. Please note that some events may only be fully understood and/or discovered in retrospect.
The southern Ukraine offensive is an ongoing theatre of operation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. From their base in Russian-occupied Crimea, Russian armed forces attacked Kherson Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, and Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. On 24 February, Russian forces engaged the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The battle of Kherson was a military engagement between Russian and Ukrainian forces which began on 24 February 2022, as part of the southern Ukraine offensive during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Berdiansk port attack was a strike carried out by Ukrainian forces against Russian Navy ships moored in the Port of Berdiansk on 24 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Alligator-class landing ship Saratov was destroyed, and one of the two Ropucha-class landing ships took damage but was able to leave the port. At the time, it was the heaviest naval loss suffered by Russia during the invasion, and one of Ukraine's most significant successes.
The Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast is an ongoing military occupation, which began on 2 March, on the territory of the Kherson Oblast of Ukraine. The official Russian name for the occupation authority is the Kherson Military–Civilian Administration, The military occupation zone was formed after the fall of Kherson and most of the oblast, which led to the de facto control of most of the territories of the oblast by the Russian government and its armed forces.
The Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast is an ongoing military occupation, which began on 24 February, 2022, as Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began capturing parts of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On 26 February, the city of Berdiansk came under Russian control, followed by the Russian victory at Melitopol on 1 March. Russian forces also laid siege and captured the city of Enerhodar, which is home to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which came under Russian control on 4 March.
The Port of Berdiansk is a seaport located in the city of Berdiansk, Ukraine. Berdiansk Seaport is the only one in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast and one of the two Azov ports of Ukraine.
Nova Kakhovka River Port is an enterprise in the field of river transport. It is located on the Dnipro in Tavriisk, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. The duration of navigation is just 270 days a year due to ice in mid-December that generally thaws by mid-March. All types of river vessels and river-sea vessels are accepted. The port provides services for the transportation of bulk mineral cargo, construction cargo, and weighing of goods. It is also possible to store cargo, taking into account the movement of the warehouse. The total area of open warehouses is 61.5 thousand м².
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia occupied vast portions of the territory of Ukraine. Some territories, more precisely parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as well as the entire Autonomous Republic of Crimea, were already under Russian occupation since 2014. According to a report in The Guardian, partisan groups began to be organized in the summer of 2021, trained by Ukrainian Special Forces. After the start of the invasion, these individuals became active in those territories occupied by Russia, which included cities like Kherson and Melitopol.
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