Nesterianka (; ) is a village in
Polohy Raion
Polohy Raion () is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Polohy. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the n ...
(
district
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) in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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of southern
Ukraine
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, at about southeast (
SE) from the centre of
Zaporizhzhia
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city.
The village was
attacked and captured by
Russian forces
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in September 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
References
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Villages in Polohy Raion