Novodniprovka (Ukrainian: Новодніпровка) is a village Vasylivka Raion in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine that has a population of 1,640. The village is within 5 miles of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
An attempt for a Polish migrant to retrieve her 12-year-old son living in Novodniprovka was unsuccessful in early March 2022 and chronicled by a Wall Street Journal reporter.
History The area was settled by the Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 1740s. On 7 March 2022, the nearby town of Vasylika was captured by Russian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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