Lazurne (Ukrainian: Лазурне; until 1975: Novooleksiivka) is a rural settlement in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, situated on the coast of the Black Sea.
Lazurne was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the second phase of the escalating Russo-Ukrainian War, when they crossed the nearby border of the de facto Republic of Crimea.
[citation needed] In July 2022, it was reported that Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed a modern radar station of the Russians in the village of Lazurne, Kherson Oblast.
On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Lazurne became a rural settlement.
[5] The settlement is a large climatic seaside recreation center of the region.