On 2 March, Russian forces captured Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to be occupied by Russia during the invasion.[9][10][11][12] In March, Russian troops tried to break through the Mykolaiv Oblast, but they were repulsed by the beginning of April.[13][14] After the victory of Ukrainian forces in the town of Mykolaiv, the Kherson-Mykolaiv front began to stall.[15]