Heroiske, Kherson Oblast

Heroiske (Ukrainian: Геройське) is a village (selo) in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine.

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine that resulted from the escalating Russo-Ukrainian War led to Heroiske being occupied by Russian forces during the opening days of the invasion.

[citation needed] Until 18 July, 2020, Heroiske belonged to Hola Prystan Raion.

[2][3] According to the 1989 Soviet census, the population of the village was 643 people, of whom 328 were men and 315 women.

[5] According to the 2001 census, the primary languages of the inhabitants of the village were:[6]