Kharkiv - Wikipedia
WEBKharkiv was a major target for Russian forces in the eastern Ukraine campaign during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine before they were pushed back to the Russia-Ukraine border. The city remains under intermittent Russian fire, with reports that almost a quarter of the city was destroyed by April 2024.
Seven dead in Russian strikes on Kharkiv as Kyiv pleads for weapons
WEB2 days ago · Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, which lies some 30 km (18 miles) from the Russian border, has faced some of the most regular and heavy air assaults in recent months.
Russians simply walked in, Ukraine troops in Kharkiv tell BBC
WEBMay 12, 2024 · BBC. Denys Yaroslavskyi is angry. As the Commander of a Ukrainian Special Reconnaissance Unit, he fought in Ukraine’s surprise offensive in Kharkiv in the autumn of 2022, which pushed back an...
Second Russian invasion is worse than the first, Kharkiv region ...
WEBMay 14, 2024 · 8 min. VOVCHANSK, Ukraine — A new Russian offensive into Ukraine’s Kharkiv region has forced more than 6,000 people to evacuate this small city since Friday, fearing for their lives and racing to...
Ukraine war: On the front line of the battle for Kharkiv - BBC
WEBMar 10, 2022 · In the early days of the invasion, Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine fought back a Russian armoured column. Since then, it has suffered nightly Russian airstrikes and shelling, with dozens of civilians...
Ukraine Army Chief Says Russia’s Kharkiv Offensive Bogged Down
WEB2 days ago · 2:32. Ukraine’s top military officer said Kyiv’s forces largely halted a Russian incursion in the northeast even as the Kremlin hit the city of Kharkiv with a missile attack that killed at ...
Kharkiv | History, Map, & Population | Britannica
WEB3 days ago · Kharkiv, city in northeastern Ukraine. It lies at the confluence of the Uda, Lopan, and Kharkiv rivers. It was founded about 1655 as a military stronghold to protect Russia’s southern borderlands. It is the second largest city in Ukraine and is the center of a metropolitan area comprising many satellite towns.
Ukraine: Hundreds flee Kharkiv area after Russian cross-border …
WEBMay 11, 2024 · BBC. Several homes were destroyed in the town of Vovchansk. Russian attacks in north-east Ukraine have prompted the evacuation of almost 1,800 people from the Kharkiv area, the regional head has...
Ukraine warns northern front has ‘significantly worsened’ as Russia ...
WEBMay 12, 2024 · CNN — Ukraine’s top general says the situation in the northern Kharkiv region has “significantly worsened” after Russia claimed to have captured four further villages as it expanded its surprise...
Russian strikes key Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing at least 7, as ...
WEB1 day ago · CNN journalists in the town of Lyptsi, around 20 miles north of Kharkiv city, saw troops using aging and inadequate weaponry, in an attempt to repel highly-equipped Russian units bolstered by ...
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