Novopetrivka (Ukrainian: Новопетрівка), formerly known as Dar-Oleksandrivka (Ukrainian: Дар-Олександрівка) is a village in Bashtanka Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast (region).
It was formerly part of the Kherson governorate and there were 51 yard farms, and there were 2 benches.
[2] Until 18 July 2020, Novopetrivka belonged to Snihurivka Raion.
The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four.
On 27 April 2022, Ukrainian government official Anton Gerashchenko announced that Ukrainian forces had taken control of Novopetrivka and the nearby villages of Shyroke and Liubyne [uk].