Russian attacks kill 1, injure at least 10 over past day, including child
Ukraine came under a large-scale drone attack, with the Air Force reporting 38 of the 42 Russian Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) shot down at night.
Kharkiv Oblast
Russian attacks kill 1 in Kharkiv Oblast, injure 1 in Kherson
Russian troops attacked the village of Kurylivka in Kupiansk district, killing a 67-year-old woman, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 1, injure 21 over past day
Russia targeted a total of nine Ukrainian oblasts — Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Kharkiv.
Russian attacks injure 3 in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv oblasts
Russian attacks on March 2 injured two women aged 65 and 66 in the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as well as a 55-year-old volunteer near Kharkiv Oblast's Kupiansk, officials reported.
Russian attacks kill 4, injure 13 over past day, including children
Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day killed at least four civilians and injured at least 13, with children reported among the casualties, regional officials said on March 2.
UPDATE: Russian drone attack on Kharkiv Oblast kills 1
A Russian drone attack on Kharkiv Oblast killed one man, local authorities reported on March 2.
Russian drone attack on Kharkiv damages civilian infrastructure
Russian drone attacks on the city of Kharkiv overnight on March 2 destroyed four cars and damaged the windows of at least ten residential buildings, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.
Zelensky: Kharkiv not safe enough for residents to return
Kharkiv is not yet safe enough for residents to return to the city, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on March 1.
Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast train station kills 2, including child
The child's mother was also reportedly injured. She is being provided medical care but is in serious condition, according to Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Oleksii Kuleba.
Russian airstrike on Kupiansk kills 2, injures 5
A Russian air strike on the center of the city of Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast killed two people and injured at least one other, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Feb. 28.
Military: Russia concentrates troops near Kupiansk, Ukraine builds 'powerful fortifications'
Russia continues concentrating its forces near Kharkiv Oblast’s Kupiansk, which remains the primary target for Russia in this area of Ukraine’s front line, Illia Yevlash, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group, said on Feb. 26.
Russian strike kills more than 20 pigs at Kharkiv Oblast farm
A Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast caused a large fire at a local farm, killing more than twenty pigs, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported on Feb. 24.
Russian drone attack on Kharkiv kills 2, injures 1
Russian drones struck a civilian vehicle in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast, instantly killing two of the passengers and injuring the third, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Feb. 20.
Zelensky visits front-line troops in Kupiansk sector
"I am glad to be here today to see you, to congratulate you, to express gratitude on behalf of all Ukrainians, all of Ukraine, for doing such a great job every day, for defending the state, our families, independence, and our sovereignty," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
UPDATE: Russian airstrikes against Kupiansk kill 1, injure 5
Russia attacked Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast with aerial bombs on the afternoon of Feb. 17, killing one woman and injuring at least five people, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.
Russian airstrikes against Kupiansk injure 5 civilians
Russia attacked Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast with aerial bombs on the afternoon of Feb. 17, injuring at least five people and damaging multiple buildings, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Russian airstrike in Kharkiv Oblast kills 3, injures 2
A Russian attack on the village of Chorne in Kharkiv Oblast killed three people, two of whom were a couple, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Feb. 15.
Prosecutor’s Office: Death toll of Russia’s Feb. 14 attack on Kharkiv Oblast village rises to 4
Rescuers retrieved the bodies of two women from the rubble of an apartment building in Kharkiv Oblast's village of Velykyi Burluk hit by Russia’s Feb. 14 missile strike, the regional prosecutor’s office reported on Feb. 15.
Update: 2 killed, 5 injured in Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast village
Three men and two women were reportedly injured. Four people were rescued from the debris, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russia launches missile attack against Kharkiv Oblast village, injures 7 civilians
Russian forces attacked at 4:16 p.m. local time, most likely using S-300 anti-air missiles, Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
Governor: Russian shelling of Kharkiv Oblast’s Vovchansk kills 1, injures 1
Russian troops shelled Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast at around 11 a.m. local time, killing a woman and wounding another, Oleh Syniehubov, the regional governor, reported on Feb. 13.
New brigade bears heavy brunt of Russia’s onslaught in Kharkiv Oblast
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Pro-Russian sympathies make life harder for soldiers, cops in Kupiansk district
Editor’s note: Some soldiers, local police officers and residents of Kupiansk district, Kharkiv Oblast, are not identified by name due to security concerns. All of the reporting and interviewing for this story was completed before the order was announced on Aug. 10 to evacuate 12,000 district residents from
Trained in the heat of battle: The journey of Kharkiv Oblast’s Territorial Defense
Editor’s Note: Some of the soldiers interviewed in this piece declined to give their last names for security reasons or because they had relatives in occupied territory, and are identified by first names and callsigns instead. KHARKIV OBLAST – At an undisclosed part of the front line in Ukraine’s
Russia strikes residential area in Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast
The artillery shelling damaged a five-story residential building, and caused extensive damage to several private homes, according to the report.
From occupation to active war zone: Danger persists for Ukrainians in liberated territories
KUPIANSK, Kharkiv Oblast — For the handful of Ukrainians left in the center of Kupiansk, life since liberation from Russian occupation has been reduced to an exercise in survival. The city in Kharkiv Oblast is shelled throughout the day by Russian artillery on the other side of the Oskil River, where
Russian torture chambers survivor: 'Every inch of me was in agony'
WARNING: This article contains very graphic scenes that readers may find disturbing. KOZACHA LOPAN, Kharkiv Oblast — Ten days have passed since his town was liberated from Russian troops, but Vitaliy Oliia is still afraid to leave his home at night. “I never go any further than the next house, that’
Ukrainians emerge from a 6-month nightmare in newly liberated territories
IZIUM, Kharkiv Oblast – Six months into the occupation of Izium in Kharkiv Oblast, Russian forces announced a mysterious strict 24-hour curfew on Sept. 8. Roman, a bread vendor at the local market who declined to give his last name, drove north the following morning on an errand in defiance of
Police discover 10 'torture chambers' in liberated areas in Kharkiv Oblast
At least ten locations that had been used as "torture chambers" by Russian forces were discovered after the liberation of parts of Kharkiv Oblast, according to Police Chief Ihor Klymenko. Klymenko reported on Sept. 16 that two of these chambers had been found in the city of Balakliia. He didn’
Andriy Zagorodnyuk: How Ukraine’s counteroffensive will affect Russia’s army, future of the war
Editor’s Note: This is an analysis by Andriy Zagorodnyuk, ex-Defense Minister and the chairman of the Center for Defense Strategies, a Kyiv-based think tank. It was originally published in Ukrainian by Ukrainska Pravda on Sept. 14. The Kyiv Independent has translated it and is republishing it with permission. The
Ukrainians capture Russian ammo, weapons, vehicles in Kharkiv Oblast
Ukraine’s surprise counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast forced Russian soldiers to beat a hasty retreat, abandoning ammunition and equipment to be captured by Ukrainian forces. Since the beginning of the advance on Sept. 7, Ukraine has liberated about 3,000 square kilometers, or over 40 settlements, in Kharkiv Oblast, according
Kupiansk, Izium liberated as Russian defenses collapse amid rapid Ukrainian advance in Kharkiv Oblast
Four days into Ukraine’s surprise counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast, Russian forces have retreated from the key cities of Kupiansk and Izium, signaling a near-total collapse of the Russian line of defense in the area. Reports are also circulating on social media and Telegram channels indicating that Russian troops have
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