• 11/26/2024

Melitopol was defenceless on first day of full-scale war, attempts to hold it failed

Pravda Ukraine

On the first day of the full-scale war, defenders of Ukraine tried to maintain control of Melitopol, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, but they were unable to. On the eve of the Russian invasion, the Melitopol front was entirely unprotected.

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