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Kharkiv is a major cultural, scientific, educational, transport, and industrial centre of Ukraine, with numerous museums, theatres, and libraries, including the Annunciation and Dormition cathedrals, the Derzhprom building in Freedom Square, and the National University of Kharkiv.
Mar 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...
Aug 22, 2024 · At the beginning of May 2024, Russian forces crossed the international border to the north of Ukraine's second-biggest city, Kharkiv. Several villages were seized and thousands of civilians...
Sep 23, 2024 · 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.
Mar 3, 2022 · Kharkiv is located at a distance of 481.5km from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and about 32km south of the Russia -Ukraine border. Situated at an elevation of 152m, Kharkiv covers a total area of 350 sq. km and extends for 24.3km from north to south and for 25.2km from west to east.
May 14, 2024 · Russia's new offensive targeting Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, could be bloodier than the fight for Donetsk or Mariupol. A Russian victory in Kharkiv would deal a major blow to Ukraine.
May 12, 2024 · In Kharkiv, Russia is using all too familiar tactics to advance – reducing Ukrainian villages and towns to rubble. Oleksii estimates that Russia’s been firing around 50 to 60 shells every hour...
Mar 17, 2022 · “It is the symbol of Kharkiv, and everyone who is coming to Kharkiv takes pictures here. There is no way you can come to Kharkiv and not notice this building,” said Ms. Avdeeva. The adjacent...
May 2, 2022 · Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has been under sustained Russian attack since the beginning of the war in late February. With the Russian offensive intensifying in the east, the Russian onslaught has grown fiercer.
Apr 17, 2024 · Kharkiv has been hit consistently and relentlessly since the Russian full-scale invasion over two years ago. And officials and residents tell us those attacks have been ramping up in recent weeks.
