Novofedorivka (Ukrainian: Новофедорівка; Russian: Новофёдоровка, romanized: Novofyodorovka; Crimean Tatar: Novofödorovka) is an urban-type settlement.
Until 1917, there were several buildings on the territory of the village, the "Scarlet" dacha, the owner of which supplied therapeutic mud to Livadia for the treatment of the hemophiliac Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia.
[5] In April 2014, the incident took place outside the Novofedorivka Air Base in the military dormitory building, which was occupied by Ukrainian servicemen and their families that were awaiting relocation to mainland Ukraine.
Zaitsev shot the unarmed officer twice in the head at point blank range with an AK-74 assault rifle on the 5th floor of the dormitory building where Russian soldiers were evacuating the troops.
[8][9] On 9 August 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several very large explosions occurred at the nearby Saky air base.