Novodnistrovsk (, ) is a city in Dniester Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Novodnistrovsk is located in the historical region of Bessarabia. Population:
It is the center of .
History An urban-type settlement was founded on 6 April 1973.
In January 1989 the population was 10 511 people.Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
City since July 1993.Постанова Президії Верховної Ради України № 3392-XII від 16 липня 1993 р. «Про віднесення селища міського типу Новодністровськ Сокирянського району Чернівецької області до категорії міст районного підпорядкування»
Until 18 July 2020, Novodnistrovsk was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to any raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three, the city was merged into Dniester Raion.
Novodnistrovsk hosts the Novodnistrovsk Hydroelectric Power Plant, which between 7 and 12 March 2026 were targeted by a series of Russian aerial attacks. The attacks caused contamination of Dniester which supplies majority of drinking water to Moldova downstream, which resulted in a diplomatic scandal between Moldova and Russia.
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