The Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast is an ongoing military occupation, which began on 2 March, on the territory of the Kherson Oblast of Ukraine. The official Russian name for the occupation authority is the Kherson military–civilian administration (Russian: Херсонская военно–гражданская администрация, romanized: Khersonskaya voyenno–grazhdanskaya administratsiya, Ukrainian: Херсонська військово–цивільна адміністрація, romanized: Chersonśka vijśkovo–cyviľna administracija), The military occupation zone was formed after the fall of Kherson and most of the oblast, which led to the de facto control of most of the territories of the oblast by the Russian government and its armed forces.[4]