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Volgograd
[ vol-guh-grad, vohl-; Russian vuhl-guh-graht ]
noun
- a city in the southwestern part of the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga River: battles in World War II, September 1942鈥揊ebruary 1943.
Volgograd
/ 藞v蓲l伞蓹藢伞r忙d; v蓹l伞a藞伞rat /
noun
- a port in SW Russia, on the River Volga: scene of a major engagement (1918) during the civil war and again in World War II (1942鈥43), in which the German forces were defeated; major industrial centre. Pop: 1聽016聽000 (2005 est) Former namesuntil 1925Tsaritsyn1925鈥61Stalingrad
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The Volgograd hostage-taking is the second such incident this summer, after six prisoners who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group captured two guards at a facility in the neighbouring Rostov region.
Ukrainian forces also launched a barrage of drones and missiles on Saturday night, Russia鈥檚 Ministry of Defense said, with air defense systems downing 21 rockets and 16 drones over Russia鈥檚 Belgorod, Kursk and Volgograd regions.
The Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 13 Ukrainian drones over Crimea and three more over southern Russia鈥檚 Volgograd region.
That was after the regional authorities in the city of Volgograd, which was once named Stalingrad, opposed to having it there.
In Volgograd, the man we spoke to said that if someone signed up today, "I could deploy him tomorrow," and confirmed that Belarus was now a possible destination.
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