Vasylivka (Ukrainian: Василівка, pronounced [wɐˈsɪ.l⁽ʲ⁾iu̯.kɐ]; Russian: Васильевка, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲjɪfkə]) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine.

[3] Following the 1775 liquidation of the Zaporozhian Sich and the 1783 annexation of the Crimea, in 1788, Catherine II of Russia granted the region to a landlord Vasili Stepanovich Popov, a Russian general who was a chief of staff of Grigory Potyomkin as his manor still bears.

Beside the local Zaporizhian Cossacks, the area saw influx of the Popov's serfs from other neighboring gubernias Chernigov, Poltava and Ekaterinoslav.

The following week, Ukrainian artillery struck Russian positions in the city, destroying military equipment.

[6] On 4 January 2023, Ukrainian forces shelled the headquarters of Russian troops stationed in Vasylivka.