The Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast is an ongoing military occupation of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast by Russian forces that began on 24 February 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of the southern Ukraine campaign. It was administrated under a Russian-controlled military-civilian administration until 30 September 2022, when it was illegally annexed to become an unrecognized federal subject of Russia.
Yevhen Balytskyi, Russian-installed Mayor of Melitopol
Russian President Vladimir Putin with pro-Russian leaders of the occupied territories on 30 September 2022
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi and other mission team members at the nuclear power plant on 1 September 2022
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Zaporizhzhia, until 1921 known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of 710,052.
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Image: Zaporizhzhya Muz Dram Teatr Magara Lenina 41 04 (YDS 6939)
Image: Zhovtneva square, Zaporizhzhia at night (Vladimir Yaitskiy, 2013)