Yuriy Vladislavovych Barbashov (Ukrainian: Юрій Владиславович Барбашов, Russian: Юрий Владиславович Барбашов) is a Ukrainian politician and nominal head of the collaborationist Russian Mykolaiv Military civilian administration.
[1][4] During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Yuriy Barbashov supported a lot of edro-Russian activity in the Mykolaiv Oblast.
Barbashov helped Russian forces capture small villages near Snihurivka and was appointed as governor of the Mykolaiv MCA.
[6][7] On 11 September, following a major Ukrainian counteroffensive, it was announced that the proposed annexation referendum would be "indefinitely" postponed.
[8][9] On 11 November Ukrainian forces regained control of almost all of Mykolaiv Oblast with only the Kinburn Peninsula remaining under Russian occupation.