Poltava

[ puhl-tah-vuh ]

noun

1. a city in eastern Ukraine, southwest of Kharkiv: Russian defeat of Swedes 1709.

Poltava

/ palˈtavə /

noun

1. a city in E Ukraine: scene of the victory (1709) of the Russians under Peter the Great over the Swedes under Charles XII; centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 319 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

This comes as evidence mounts that North Korea is supplying Russia with ammunition, as recently demonstrated by the recovery of a missile in Ukraine’s Poltava region.

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And there is mounting evidence that North Korea is supplying Russia with ammunition, as recently demonstrated by the recovery of a missile in Ukraine’s Poltava region.

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On Monday night, an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Poltava damaged infrastructure, while in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia one person died and six were wounded following "massive air strikes".

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So far this month, Russia has launched a wave of deadly strikes on Lviv, Poltava and Kharkiv.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for Western nations to supply more air defence systems following a series of Russian attacks on cities such as Poltava and Kharkiv.

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