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Poltava

American  
[puhl-tah-vuh] / pʌlˈtɑ və /

noun

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


Poltava British  
/ 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)

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And in the eastern Poltava region, local authorities said an attack had sparked fire at an industrial facility.

From Barron's Jan. 20, 2026

Lozova services routes to the major cities of Kramatorsk to the east, Kharkiv and Poltava to the north, and Dnipro and Odesa to the west.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

Drones were intercepted in at least 13 regions including Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Mykolayiv and Odesa, according to Ukrainian authorities.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2025

The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted five drones and one missile launched at the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Poltava and Kyiv regions of Ukraine.

From Seattle Times Nov. 10, 2023

A month hence, the fugitive from Narva will belong to a vanished, forgotten, almost improbable past; the future victor of Poltava will have taken his place.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by John Rudd

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