Izmail is a city and municipality located on the Danube River in the Odesa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center for the Izmail Raion, which is one of the seven districts within the Odesa Oblast.
The city is the sole locality that constitutes the Izmail urban hromada, a specific administrative division within Ukraine. Its geographic position on the Danube River defines its regional significance in the south-western part of the country.