Zaporizhzhia - Wikipedia
Zaporizhzhia is an important industrial centre of Ukraine, the country's main car manufacturing company, the Motor-Sich aircraft engine manufacturer. Well supplied with electricity, Zaporizhzhia forms, together with the adjoining Donets Basin ( Donbas ) and the Nikopol manganese and Kryvyi Rih iron mines, one of Ukraine's leading industrial ...
Zaporizhzhya | Ukraine, Map, & History | Britannica
Dec 11, 2024 · Zaporizhzhya, city, southeastern Ukraine, on the Dnieper River just below its former rapids. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhya oblast (province). In 1770 the fortress of Oleksandrivsk was established to ensure government control over the Zaporozhian Cossacks, whose headquarters were on nearby Khortytsya (Khortitsa) Island.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast - Wikipedia
Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Ukrainian: Запорізька область, romanized: Zaporizka oblast), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (Запоріжжя), is an oblast (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Zaporizhzhia.
2 Ukrainian women are pulled alive from rubble hours after …
Dec 11, 2024 · The women called rescue services to say they were buried by debris for seven hours after the attack late Tuesday in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Emergency Services said, as deadly Russian strikes on civilian areas continue in the almost three-year war.
Zaporizhzhia - Official website of Ukraine
Mar 11, 2024 · Zaporizhzhia: A Land of Industrial Capacity, Outstanding People, and the Island that Changed History. The Zaporizhzhia region (Ukr. oblast) is located between the center and the south of Ukraine. This land has been at the center of significant historical events.
Ukraine war: Russian missile attack kills eight in Zaporizhzhia - BBC
Dec 11, 2024 · Ukraine has repeatedly asked its Western allies to provide more advanced air defence systems to repel almost daily Russian missile and drone attacks. Shortly after the Zaporizhzhia attack ...
Zaporizhzhia (region) - Wikipedia
Zaporizhzhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, pronounced [zɐpoˈrʲiʒʲːɐ] ⓘ) or Zaporozhzhia (Ukrainian: Запорожжя) is a historical region in central east Ukraine below the Dnieper rapids (Ukrainian: пороги, romanized: porohy), hence the name, literally "(territory) beyond the rapids".
Zaporizhzhia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is one of the largest administrative, industrial and cultural centers of southern Ukraine. It has advanced engineering, ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, chemical and construction industries. It has a river port and an important transit railway junction.
Wave of Russian attacks in Zaporizhzhia raises fears of a larger ...
Dec 18, 2024 · The nearly 11-kilometer (6.8-mile) Soborni Avenue that runs through Zaporizhzhia is a testament to the times in this industrial city in southeastern Ukraine. Buildings riddled with holes, a ghost shopping mall, hundreds of shattered windows. This Soviet-era macro-artery bears the fresh traces of ...
Death toll from Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia …
Dec 11, 2024 · Item 1 of 7 Rescuers work with a dog at the site where a building was heavily damaged by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine December 11 ...