[1] The village is just north of Chonhar Strait, which is part of the boundary between Kherson Oblast and Crimea.

It is just north of Chonhar Strait, a shallow waterway that separates the peninsula and mainland Ukraine from the isthmus of Crimea.

On 27 February 2014, during the 2014 Crimean crisis, Berkut (special police) of Crimea occupied the checkpoint near Chonhar and neighbouring territory.

[2] After Russia annexed Crimea, the area became a de facto border patrolled by Berkut and Russian troops.

The Highway M18/E105 bridge over Chonhar Strait was damaged on 22 June 2023 in an apparent Ukrainian missile strike.