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Russian bombardment turns frontline Kharkiv district into ghost town

After weeks of bombardment by Russian troops, the frontline Saltivka district of Kharkiv has become a ghost town.

28/03/2022

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Subway stations become home for Kharkiv residents

Thousands of residents continued to hunker down in the underground train stations of Ukraine's second most populous city on Saturday as Russia continued its aerial assault above.

27/03/2022

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Metro shelter concert brings 'ray of light' to war-torn Ukraine

A concert arranged at a makeshift shelter in a Kharkiv metro station is like "a ray of hope in this dark kingdom of war", 59-year-old Iryna Shkapo tells AFP as others around her tear up at the sound of instruments echoing through the halls.

26/03/2022

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Kharkiv buildings destroyed after airstrike

Images show the destruction of a four-storey residential building and surrounding structures in the centre of Kharkiv, Ukraine following an airstrike.

14/03/2022

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Violinist goes viral after playing from Kharkiv basement

Vera Lytovchenko was in the Kharkiv City Opera orchestra before the war but is now playing to lift spirits in her apartment block basement.

10/03/2022

Ukraine

'The next night was hell': Life amid Russia's bombardment of Kharkiv

"It felt as if they were hitting us with all the guns that exist."

10/03/2022

Ukraine

Locals 'switch to speaking Ukrainian' amid terror of Russian bombing

"Those people who never wanted to this week began to switch to the Ukrainian language just to distinguish themselves from the occupants."

08/03/2022

Ukraine

Four people arrested after Kharkiv nursing homes fire kills 15

Ukrainian authorities have announced that four people have been arrested in connection with the fire that killed 15 people in an undeclared retirement home.

21/01/2021

Ukraine

Ukraine: Music's most extreme genre uses history to fight Russia

'You can't be an apolitical musician in Ukraine,' says Konstantin 'Khaoth' Zmievsky, the drummer of Ukrainian black metal band Khors.

14/09/2020

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Ukrainian nationalists vandalise Russian consulate in Kharkiv

Dozens of Ukrainian nationalists gathered outside the Russian consulate general in Kharkiv on Monday to protest Russia's aggression at Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea.

26/11/2018

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Ukraine: Blast strikes peaceful Kharkiv rally

23/02/2015

World

Kharkiv 'never had eastern-western conflicts'

23/10/2014

Ukraine

Ukraine as it happened : Lavrov and Kerry urge all sides to refrain from violence

09/04/2014