The Latest Breaking News from Kharkiv

Why a new centre for civic engagement in Ukraine could help counter Russia’s invasion

Shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I set aside my academic work as a fellow in public philosophy to report on civilian life in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities and to examine the state of higher education in Ukraine.

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2023

The 4-metre-wide board detailing the entire Russian military chain of command in Ukraine

Chart used by Ukrainian prosecutors maps hundreds of Russian soldiers all the way up to Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023

Russian soldier who hid from Ukrainian forces for six months arrested

The 42-year-old serviceman had reportedly been hiding in abandoned buildings after liberation of Kharkiv

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023

Major Russian Missile Barrage Slams Targets across Ukraine

Russia unleashed “a massive rocket attack” that hit critical infrastructure and residential buildings in 10 regions of Ukraine, the country’s president said Thursday, with officials reporting at least six deaths in the largest such night-time attack in three weeks. Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the barrage that came while many people slept…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 9, 2023

Russia fires barrage of missiles on Ukraine cities

Missile attacks wound two in Kyiv, hit energy facilities in Odesa and critical infrastructure in Kharkiv.

Al Jazeera · Mar 9, 2023

Russia unleashes 'retaliatory' missile barrage on Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant briefly loses power supply

At least six people are dead after Russian strikes hit a series of Ukrainian regions, knocking out power to several areas, as well as to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reconnected to energy grid as UN warns ‘one day our luck will run out’ – as it happened

Warning from head of UN nuclear watchdog comes after Zaporizhzhia plant loses power for sixth time

The Guardian - AU · Mar 9, 2023

Kharkiv celebrates return of street lights

KHARKIV, Ukraine: Street lighting has returned to Kharkiv, sparking joy in Ukraine’s second-largest city that has been plunged into darkness and shelled regularly by Russian forces for more than a year.

Bangkok Post · Mar 8, 2023

‘For now, music is a weapon’: the Ukrainian musicians playing on as an act of resistance

Whether as simple consolation, celebration or to gird nerves for battle, musicians in Kyiv have found an important role in the war. Six of them tell us how they fight

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023

Russian shelling hits Ukrainian town; Bakhmut battle rages

The governor of northern Ukraine's Kharkiv province says Russian shelling has destroyed five homes and killed one person in a town about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Russian border

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2023