Latest Kharkiv News

Russian strikes on a medical center kill 9 people in the Ukrainian city of Sumy

Sep. 28, 2024 15:38 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical center in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Saturday killed at least nine people, officials said. The first strike killed one person. Russia attacked again while patients and staff were evacuating, said...

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting

Sep. 24, 2024 11:08 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. The plant, a partly steel structure...

21 wounded in Russian strikes that hit apartment buildings in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

Sep. 22, 2024 21:03 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack, authorities said. The bombs fell Saturday night on the district of Shevchenkivsky, north...

Russian missiles blast Ukrainian military academy and hospital, killing more than 50, officials say

Sep. 03, 2024 16:03 PM EDT

POLTAVA, Ukraine (AP) — Two ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital Tuesday in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others, Ukrainian officials said, in one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began. The missiles tore...

Three Ukrainian teens begin their final year of high school holding onto hopes for the future

Sep. 02, 2024 22:39 PM EDT

UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) — This week marks the start of the school year in Ukraine, a pivotal time for any student, especially for teenagers in their final year of high school. Ukrainian teens have more than just grades and university choices on their minds — they are grappling with the realities...

Russia launches a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine's military says

Sep. 01, 2024 23:55 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and possibly other cities, Ukraine’s air force said early Monday. Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday, sending residents into bomb...

7 killed by Russian attacks as Moscow pushes ahead in Ukraine's east

Aug. 31, 2024 15:54 PM EDT

Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar on Saturday killed five people, as Moscow’s troops pushed ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. The attack struck a high-rise building and a private home, said regional Gov. Vadym Filaskhin, who said the victims were men aged 24 to...

Member of British journalist team dies after Russian missile hits hotel in eastern Ukraine

Aug. 25, 2024 23:50 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A British safety adviser working with a team of Reuters journalists was killed when a Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the news agency confirmed. Ryan Evans, 38, was staying at the Hotel Sapphire with colleagues in Ukraine’s...

Ukraine says it used US glide bombs in Russia's Kursk region and has retaken some land in Kharkiv

Aug. 23, 2024 15:24 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says it used high-precision U.S. glide bombs to strike Russia’s Kursk region, and that is has recaptured some territory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv that has been under a Russian offensive since spring. Ukraine’s Air Force...

For Ukrainian athletes, joy mixes with sorrow at the Paris Olympics

Jul. 26, 2024 19:17 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — For Ukrainian competitors in Paris for the Olympics, joy goes hand in hand with sorrow. Athletes are striving to enjoy the dream of competing at one of the world’s most prestigious sports events while carrying the burden of the war back home. “When we read news, we...