Mariupol

[ mar-ee-oo-puhl; Russian muh-ryi-oo-puhl ]

noun

1. a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.

Mariupol

/ məriˈupəlj /

noun

1. a port in SE Ukraine, on an estuary leading to the Sea of Azov. Pop: 485 000 (2005 est) Former name (1948–91)Zhdanov

Example Sentences

Russian forces were bombarding Kharkiv, and they had taken territory in the east and south as far as Kherson, and surrounded the port city of Mariupol.

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This includes the bombing of a theatre in Mariupol which had been sheltering hundreds of people in March 2022 and the killing of hundreds of people in the town of Bucha that month.

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Yuliya’s partner, Bogdan, served as an army medic treating people during the devastating siege of Mariupol before he was captured by Russian troops.

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He said they had been captured defending the regions of Kyiv, Donetsk, Mariupol, Azovstal, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv.

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In May, African Initiative organised a separate “press tour” to Russian-occupied Mariupol for a delegation of bloggers from Mali.

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