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Melitopol

American  
[mel-uh-taw-puhl, myi-lyi-taw-puhl] / ˌmɛl əˈtɔ pəl, myɪ lyɪˈtɔ pəl /

noun

  1. a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.


Melitopol British  
/ mɪliˈtɔpəlj /

noun

  1. a city in SE Ukraine. Pop: 157 000 (2005 est)

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Eventually Tetiana and Oleh agreed to leave Melitopol if the Ukrainian army hadn't pushed through by November.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

That May, occupiers seized TSATU’s campus and renamed it Melitopol State University—a “pseudouniversity,” Kiurchev says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 17, 2024

Ivan Fyodorov, Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol, a Russian-held city in the Zaporizhzhia region, told AP that local residents are effectively being forced to vote.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

Its goal in the south is to reach the Sea of Azov and drive a wedge through Russian-occupied territory, and its main effort so far has been in the direction of the city of Melitopol.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2023

In its daily battlefield update, the Ukrainian military reported no new breakthroughs, but said its troops continued to advance towards Melitopol, a major Russian-occupied urban centre in Zaporizhzhia region.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2023

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