The Latest Breaking News from Kharkiv

Ukraine launches investigation into Russian commander

Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) said it has launched a criminal investigation into Andrei Ruzinsky, a Russian commander Reuters identified last year as helping lead the military occupation of eastern Ukraine.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Belgorod: the Russian region now part of Putin’s war on Ukraine

On the border with Ukraine, Belgorod has been plagued by unclaimed attacks, explosions and Russian friendly fire since the outbreak of the conflict

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023

Bristolian volunteer fighter killed in Ukraine after a year on frontline

Jay Morais, 52, died in a Kharkiv hospital after an intense fight with Russian troops in February

Bristol Post · May 12, 2023

Pushkin must fall: monuments to Russia’s national poet under threat in Ukraine

Since last February’s invasion more than 30 statues of the 19th-century poet seen as a symbol for tsarist imperialism have been dismantled

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

Ukrainian farmer comes up with novel way to demine his fields

A Ukrainian farmer has come up with a novel way to remove mines left in his fields after Russia's invasion -- he's kitted out his tractor with protective panels stripped from Russian tanks and operates it by remote control.

Reuters · May 2, 2023

Heavy shelling reported in Kharkiv region after overnight attacks in Kherson – as it happened

Two injured by rocket attacks in Kherson after heavy shelling and homes hit by anti-aircraft missiles in Kharkiv

The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2023

Elderly Japanese man opens free cafe in Ukraine's Kharkiv

When Fuminori Tsuchiko arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv last year, he said he wanted to do anything he could to help people following Russia's invasion.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2023

Liberated villages offer glimpse of precarious Ukrainian health system

Doctor Oleg Marchenko never knows what he will find when he visits villages retaken by Ukrainian forces in the east of the country last autumn. Mines lie scattered around and often there are no medical facilities left.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Xi and Zelenskiy hold talks; Russian aircraft ‘intercepted in international airspace’ – as it happened

Ukrainian president reports ‘long and meaningful’ call with Chinese president

The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2023

Deadly Russian missile strike slams Ukrainian museum

A Russian missile hit a museum building in the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, on Tuesday, killing at least two people, wounding around 10 people and burying others under the rubble. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Moscow's "barbaric methods" and said Russia was trying to erase Ukraine's…

France 24 · Apr 25, 2023