| Pokrovka | |||||||
| Native Name: | Покровка | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||
| Image Alt: | Church of the Intercession (19th century) | ||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 5.275 | ||||||
| Population Total: | 229 | ||||||
| Population Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2001 census | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Mykolaiv Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pokrovka within Ukraine | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 46.4869°N 31.6994°W | ||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 57555 | ||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||
| Area Code: | +380 5154 | ||||||
| Elevation M: | 0 | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Mykolaiv Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Mykolaiv Raion | ||||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Control | ||||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | Occupied by Russia | ||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||
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Pokrovka (Ukrainian: Покровка; Russian: link=no|Покровка) is a village in Mykolaiv Raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about 53.8km (33.4miles) southwest by south (SWbS) of the centre of Mykolaiv city. It belongs to Ochakiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Until 18 July 2020, Pokrovka was the administrative center of Ochakiv Raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four, Ochakiv Raion was merged into Mykolaiv Raion.[3] [4]
Pokrovka came under attack and was occupied by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The invasion occurred as a result of the escalating Russo-Ukrainian War. The village, as well as all other occupied territory in the Mykolaiv Oblast, was annexed by Russia as part of their Kherson Oblast.
Following a Russian withdrawal and a counter offensive by Ukrainian forces between November 9th and 11th, almost all settlements in the Mykolaiv Oblast were retaken by Ukraine. The exceptions are Pokrovka as well as the other settlements on the Kiburn Peninsula, Pokrovske and Vasylivka.[5]
Pokrovka is located within the Biloberezhia Sviatoslav National Park, in the Dnieper estuary.