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Desna

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[duh-snah, dyi-snah] / dəˈsnɑ, djɪˈsnɑ /

noun

  1. a river rising in the western Russian Federation flowing south to join the Dnieper River near Kyiv in Ukraine. About 500 miles (800 km) long.


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The league made the same offer to the Desna Chernihiv club.

From Washington Times • May 27, 2023

The 16-team league will restart without Desna Chernihiv and Mariupol FC.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2022

Zelenskiy did not specify if the casualties from the attack in Desna were military or civilian.

From Reuters • May 23, 2022

Ukrainians risked their lives to smuggle in supplies by road or on boats via the Desna River.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2022

After the nine days' march of which Mashkevich was the Xenophon, and the three days' passage of the Desna, the army reached Chernigoff at last.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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