Pokrovske (; ) is a village in Mykolaiv Raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about southwest by west (SWbW) of Mykolaiv.
Pokrovske is located on the Kinburn Peninsula, about east by north (EbN) of Odesa and about southeast by south (SEbS) of Ochakiv. It belongs to Ochakiv urban hromada.
Russo-Ukrainian War Pokrovske 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 9 and 11, almost all settlements in the Mykolaiv Oblast were retaken by Ukraine. The exceptions are Pokrovka as well as the other settlements on the Kinburn Peninsula, Vasylivka and Pokrovka.
On 25 June 2026, Ukrainian media outlets reported that Ukrainian military forces conducted a landing operation in the vicinity of the settlement following a forced Russian withdrawal from the area, and published footage of the Ukrainian flag being raised in the village.
Demographics As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Pokrovske counted a population of 181 people. The linguistic composition of the settlement's population was as follows:
Nature Pokrovske is located within the Biloberezhia Sviatoslav National Park, in the Dnieper estuary.
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