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epa09917970 Residents wait to receive humanitarian aid, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 30 April 2022. Zaporizhzhia, one of the largest industrial cities in the country has become the frontline spot towards which the Russian forces are trying to advance. Since the beginning of the war, thousands of internally displaced people who fled from the territories occupied by the Russian army in south Ukraine arrived at Zaporizhzhia from where evacuees usually head towards the west of the country, or abroad. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February resulting in fighting and destruction in the country and triggering a series of severe economic sanctions on Russia by Western countries. EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY