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

The Poltava, Sumy and Chernihiv regions were affected, Zelensky stated in a post on Telegram.

From BBC

Earlier, strikes on the central city of Poltava targeting an army recruitment centre killed two people and wounded nearly 50 others, authorities said.

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

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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.

From BBC

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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