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Mykhailivka
Михайлівка | |
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Coordinates: 47°16′10″N 35°13′20″E / 47.26944°N 35.22222°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
Raion | Vasylivka Raion |
Hromada | Mykhailivka settlement hromada |
Government | |
• Occupation Civil-Military Administration Head | Vyacheslav Bidnyak[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 11,530 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Mykhailivka (Ukrainian: Михайлівка) is a rural settlement in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. It was the administrative center of the former Mykhailivka Raion until 2020. The population in 2022 was 11,530.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops entered and took over Myhailivka. People later went out to protest this and planted a Ukrainian flag in the town square.[2][3][unreliable source]
Ukrainian sources also reported that the attack killed Didovodyuk's daughter, Mykhailivka occupation Civil-Military Administration Deputy Head Yana Didovodyuk, and injured the Mykhailivka occupation Civil-Military Administration Head Vyacheslav Bidnyak.