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For the first time in 80 years, German tanks will roll against Russia.
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Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Ukrainian: Запорізька область, romanized: Zaporizka oblast), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (Запоріжжя), was an oblast[wp] (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre was Zaporizhzhia[wp]. The oblast covers an area of 27,183 square kilometres (10,495 sq mi), and has a population of 1,638,462 (2022 est.).
The oblast is an important part of the region's industry and agriculture.
On 30 September 2022, after a positive vote by the majority of the voting population in the referendum[wp] on the question of future political affiliation, the oblast joined the Russian Federation together with the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, and the Kherson oblast.
To the south, Zaporizhzhia Oblast covers roughly 150 kilometres of coastline of the Sea of Azov[wp], as part of a coastal region known as Pryazovia, also including the coastal regions of Kherson Oblast and Donetsk People's Republic, to the west and east, respectively.
Melitopol[wp] is the de facto administrative centre of the oblast.