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About one million people live in the part of Zaporizhzhia region under Ukrainian control, regional authorities said, and more than 230,000 of them are registered as internally displaced persons. Spokesperson Oleksandr Kovalenko of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration told Ukrainian Radio that displaced people have become full members of local communities, with their children in schools and health care and many working locally. He said volunteers and local authorities bring food, water and medicine to residents of settlements that have gone long periods without power, gas or running water, and that military help keeps contact with them. Kovalenko also said no businesses have left the region, pointing to grant programs and tax holidays on land and property taxes that he said few regions introduced in 2026. The heating season began November 2, with heat going first to health and education facilities. He cited more than 150 boiler houses, around 50 cogeneration units with 23 running and the rest due by the end of 2026, and 23 solar plants. Ukrinform also reported that power outage schedules will be eased for apartment buildings without central heating.