Yevhenia Nazarova is a freelance correspondent for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
An ecumenical prayer service was held in Zaporizhzhya on February 24. Locals joined church dignitaries near an outdoor exhibition that features photos and names of soldiers killed in the defense of Ukraine.
Several dozen Ukrainian women rallied in the city of Zaporizhzhya on December 2, demanding an end of military service for their husbands and sons. Air-raid sirens interrupted the rally, but the women continued to protest on the staircase to a bomb shelter.
The Russian missile attack, which killed 19 soldiers gathered for a military observance ceremony, was the latest psychological blow to Ukraine's armed forces and the country as it struggles to change the course of the Russian invasion. "These guys shouldn't have died," one commentator said.
Russia conducted a deadly overnight strike on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya, according to regional authorities. Regional military administration chief Yuriy Malashko told RFE/RL that several missiles rained down on the city on October 18, destroying an apartment building.
Ukraine, a nation scarred by the Russian invasion, reflects on its lost monuments as the globe observes World Architecture Day on October 2.
Drones have become a key tool in the battle for Ukraine with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides using them for surveillance, targeting, and attacks. RFE/RL joined a training session for drone operators in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region.
Volunteer paramedics from the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya formed an ambulance brigade after Russia launched the full-scale invasion of their country in 2022. Two members of the brigade told RFE/RL about the kit they carry and the work they do saving lives in the city.
During the Soviet war in Afghanistan in 1979-1989, Serhiy Titunov's job as a soldier was finding and seizing U.S.-made Stinger missiles being used by Afghan mujahedin resistance. Now Titunov is fighting for Ukraine, using his experience with shoulder-fired rockets to target Russian aircraft himself.
Zaporizhzhya was one of several Ukrainian cities attacked on March 22 in Russia's latest wave of air strikes. Several residential buildings were destroyed in the city resulting in more than 30 casualties. Residents are said to have rushed in to a destroyed building to bring elderly people to safety.
Volunteer soldier Oleksandr Taran was 58 when he tried to enlist to defend his country after Russia seized Crimea in 2014 -- but he was told by the Ukrainian military then that they had no need for his help. He is now 65 and the commander of a small volunteer unit. He says now is no time for a rest.
Only a small fraction of the prewar population remains in the village of Orikhiv in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region. The settlement is located near the front line and suffers daily shelling by Russian forces. Currently, there is no gas, electricity, or centralized water supply in the city.
"Angel" is a Chechen volunteer currently fighting in one of Ukraine's military units. After the Second Chechen War started in 1999, he fled to Ukraine with his family. At the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Angel and his son joined the Ukrainian military.
In the once-thriving settlement of Velyka Novosilka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, people have endured almost 10 months of war. Located less than 2 kilometers from the front, they endure Russian shelling by huddling together in cellars, sharing a stove, and keeping each others' spirits up.
Over 2,000 people still live in the frontline city of Hulyaipole in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region despite constant Russian shelling and a lack of electricity, gas, and water. RFE/RL's Yevhenia Nazarova traveled with the Ukrainian Army's Mariupol Chaplain Battalion.
Ukraine has reported dozens of missile strikes across its territory, including the capital, Kyiv, in a significant escalation of Russian attacks. This follows a massive explosion over the weekend that knocked down part of the bridge linking Russia to Crimea.
Ukrainians who managed to flee from life under Russian occupation in the southern region of Kherson have made it to Zaporizhzhya, and some said they will stay with family, while others are still working out their plans. Many describe strip searches by Russian forces at check points.
Zaporizhzhya was one of the first regions to be hit on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Yevhenia Nazarova of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service spoke to people in the city about how their lives have changed.
Ukrainian archaeologists say a discovery in a Scythian tomb sharpens our understanding of the prehistoric warriors who once ruled the steppes of Eurasia.
