Also, in the occupied city of Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region, the occupation forced have banned social services payments to residents who refuse to obtain a Russian passport.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/ukrainians-forced-russian-passports

A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 14, 2022.

Source: https://www.blueprint.ng/nuclear-plant-us-fires-warning-shot-at-russia/

Big Ukrainian military successes in the Zaporizhzhia region could potentially enable its forces to break through the land bridge that connects Russia with the Crimean peninsula it annexed from Ukraine.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/ukraine-counteroffensive-takes-village-6090614-Jun2023/

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including its Units No. 5 and 6, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside the city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 24, 2022.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/iaea-head-visit-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-next-week-3374446?cid=cna_flip_070214

Galina Danilchenko, the Russian-installed mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region, said on Saturday that one civilian died in overnight shelling of Melitopol by Ukrainian forces.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-glance-what-we-know-on-day-354-of-the-invasion

Robotyne is six miles south of the frontline town of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region on an important road towards Tokmak — a Russian-occupied road and rail hub.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/ukraine-says-it-has-liberated-southeastern-settlement-robotyne/

Russia also reportedly a United Nations humanitarian mission in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, violating Putin's declaration of a temporary ceasefire.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.com.au/putin-has-one-option-left-thats-losing-war-ukraine-minister-says-1843480?utm_source=Public&utm_medium=Feed&utm_campaign=Distribution

Russia has advanced on several fronts including eastern Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia region where even Ukrainian news was reporting Russia breakthroughs but insisting their forces would push them back.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukrainian-troops-holding-bakhmut-line-demand-weapons-as-world-powers-meet

Russian forces are reportedly intensifying their efforts to mine the Robotyne-Verbove area in a bid to block Ukrainian troops on the front lines, away from the Zaporizhzhia region.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/10/war-in-ukraine-one-third-of-ukrainian-territory-has-been-mined-since-russian-invasion

The barrier also allowed Russia to concentrate more troops in the heavily mined and fortified Zaporizhzhia region and eastern Ukraine.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-says-it-now-has-a-foothold-on-the-eastern-bank-of-dnieper-river-near-kherson

"The Robotyne-Verbove grey zone is going to become a mass grave for Ukraine's armed forces," proclaimed the head of the Russian occupation for the Zaporizhzhia region, Evgeny Balitsky, on Telegram.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/08/30/two-killed-in-kyiv-as-russia-accuses-ukraine-of-biggest-drone-attack-since-fighting-began

Vladimir Rogov, an official with the Moscow-appointed regional administration for the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region, claimed the building was hit by a Ukrainian air defense missile that was launched to intercept a Russian missile.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/world/ukrainian-civilians-killed-by-russian-missiles-and-drones/article_1c0f2613-b7da-5507-81b9-6e852ac1709f.html

Vladimir Rogov, an official with the Russia-appointed administration of the Zaporizhzhia region, said the Dnieper had narrowed Wednesday by as much as 65 meters as the reservoir drained.

Source: https://www.wmay.com/2023/06/09/ap-ukrainian-dam-breach-whats-happening-and-whats-at-stake/