Novoprokopivka (Ukrainian: Новопро́копівка) is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Tokmak urban hromada, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
[1] It is located near the watershed of tributaries of the Konka river, which flows roughly northwestward into the Dnieper, and the Molochna river, which flows roughly southwards into the Sea of Azov.
[4] Novoprokopivka was founded in the mid-19th century under the Russian Empire as Vershyna (Ukrainian: Вершина) by settlers from Mala Tokmachka.
[2] The village has become a frontline battlefield of the Russo-Ukrainian War during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
[6] On September 24, 2023, it was reported that the Ukrainian soldiers were inside the village; however, their advance stalled at this point and Russian forces succeeded in pushing them out.