Kharkiv 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.

Jan 25, 2025 · 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 · Also referred to as “Kharkov,” Kharkiv is a large city situated in the northeastern part of Ukraine. With a population of 1,425,987 inhabitants, Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second-largest and second-most-populous city.

May 12, 2024 · Ukrainian officials still insist Kharkiv city is not under threat of a ground invasion. But the further the Russian’s advance, the more likely that it will come within range of Russian...

May 12, 2024 · 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...

Feb 24, 2023 · Kharkiv region (Ukr. oblast) is the birthplace of the industry that was later destroyed by rocket missiles. It is the land that lies on one of the main routes of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

May 19, 2024 · CNN visited Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, on May 10-11, 2024, to speak to people about the war. The visit coincided with a major Russian push across the border. Thirty miles to the...

May 10, 2023 · Ukraine’s late-summer counteroffensive liberated much of the region, but Moscow relentlessly targeted Kharkiv with airstrikes for much of last year. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said more than 6,500 ...

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.

Kharkiv, once home to 1.5 million people, lies just 35 kilometres from Ukraine’s border with Russia. In February 2022, Russian forces targeted the city as one of the first major cities in its full scale invasion.