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Zaporizhzhia

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[zah-puh-reezh-yuh, zah-poh-ree-zhyah] / ˌzɑ pəˈriʒ jə, zɑ poʊˈri ʒjɑ /
Or Zaporizhia
  1. a city in southeastern Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.


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Zaporizhzhia is a major regional centre with more than 700,000 residents.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Fedorov said industrial facilities, infrastructure and non-residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia were hit in the Russian attack.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"The whereabouts of eight people is unknown and rescue operations are ongoing," said Yevgeny Balitsky, the Kremlin-installed head of the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Zaporizhzhia first exposed that gap four years ago.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

During the first weeks of Russia’s Starlink outage, Ukraine was able to push the Russians back from the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, the regional capital, sparing the city from assaults from most artillery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

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