Berdyansk

Russian occupation court sentences 74-year-old woman to 14 years for $34 donation to Ukrainian military

A Russian occupation court in Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, sentenced a 74-year-old woman to 14 years in prison for donating UAH 1,500 (about $34) to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Aug. 26.

26 August, 04:45 PM

Ukrainian drone forces hit five Russian vessels in Mariupol and Berdyansk

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck four Russian dry cargo ships and one tanker overnight into June 5, in the ports of occupied Mariupol and Berdyansk and in the coastal waters of Russian-occupied territory, according to the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert “Magyar” Brovdi.

5 June, 03:34 PM

Ex-Berdyansk judge sentenced for spying for Russia

A former judge from Berdyansk has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason after collaborating with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and providing intelligence on Ukrainian military personnel, including members of the Azov Brigade, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported on June 5.

5 June, 02:06 PM

Ukrainian drone forces strike Russian cargo ship arriving in occupied Berdyansk

The 422nd Separate Regiment of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) struck a Russian dry cargo ship, the Leonid Pestrikov, as it arrived at temporarily occupied Azov Sea port of Berdyansk, the military reported on June 1.

2 June, 08:25 AM

Partisans cripple Russian military logistics in occupied Berdyansk

A Russian military fuel truck and a UAZ vehicle were torched in the city of Berdyansk in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhya Oblast, the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar resistance movement Atesh reported on Telegram on Sept. 25, posting photos and a video from the site.

25 September 2025, 10:44 AM

Kyiv slams Russia’s move to ‘legalize’ seized Ukrainian ports

Kyiv strongly condemns Russia’s Aug. 22 “decree” that added the occupied Ukrainian seaports of Berdyansk and Mariupol to the list of ports open to foreign vessels, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in an Aug. 25 statement.

26 August 2025, 08:45 AM

Zelenskyy awards posthumous Order of Freedom to Berdyansk teens murdered by Russian invaders

Volodymyr Zelenskyy posthumously awarded the Order of Freedom to teenagers Tigran Hovhannisyan and Mykyta Khanganov of Berdyansk, killed by Russian invaders in 2023 for their pro-Ukrainian stance, according to a decree published on the President’s website on July 19.

19 July 2025, 10:15 PM

Traitor Hrytsai assassinated in occupied Berdyansk

Mykhailo Hrytsai—Ukrainian traitor, collaborator, and war criminal—was shot dead in occupied Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) announced on June 18.

18 June 2025, 08:41 PM

Car explosion in Berdyansk possibly targets occupation council head

A car explosion in Berdyansk, temporarily occupied by Russia, may have targeted the head of the occupation council, Vasily Nechet, Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, reported on Telegram on Dec. 24.

24 December 2024, 11:40 PM

Berdyansk hit by explosions; Russian occupation authorities report strike on port

Explosions rocked the temporarily occupied city of Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, on Oct. 31. The occupation authorities of the city reported a drone attack on the port, the advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, said on Telegram.

31 October 2024, 11:50 AM

Railway bridge blown up in occupied Berdyansk — Military Administration

A railway bridge in the temporarily occupied city of Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, was destroyed by an explosion, the local Military Administration wrote on Facebook on Oct. 28.

28 October 2024, 01:58 PM

Russia refuses to return bodies of two slain pro-Ukrainian teens from Berdyansk, citing terrorism law

Russia has not returned the bodies of two teens from Berdyansk, Tyhran Ohannisyan and Mykyta Khanhanov, who were killed by Russian forces in the summer of 2023 for their pro-Ukrainian stance, lawyer Andriy Yakovlev told Radio Liberty on Oct. 24.

24 October 2024, 04:55 PM

Explosion heard in occupied Berdyansk

An explosion was heard in the center of the temporarily occupied city of Berdyansk in Zaporizhzhya Oblast on Aug. 15, regional governor Victoria Halytsyna reported.

15 August 2024, 12:04 PM

Russian authorities plan secret burial for Ukrainian teens killed in Berdiansk

Russian occupation authorities in Berdiansk plan to secretly bury Ukrainian teenagers Tihran Ohannisyan and Mykyta Khanhanov, killed a year ago, the Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on July 3, citing Tihran's father.

3 July 2024, 01:17 PM

Russian military equipment spotted advancing from occupied Mariupol towards Berdyansk

Russian military equipment is reportedly being mobilized towards the captured city of Berdyansk in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Petro Andriushchenko, advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, reported on Telegram on March 27.

27 March 2024, 11:23 AM

Car bomb kills Russian sham presidential ‘election’ organizer in occupied Berdyansk, military administration reports

A Russian sham Presidential election organizer was killed in an explosion in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Oblast, the city’s legitimate Military Administration head, Victoria Halitsyna, reported on Facebook on March 6.

6 March 2024, 06:00 PM

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