Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative center of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. Prior to the …

Jan 5, 2026 · Kharkiv, city, northeastern Ukraine. It lies at the confluence of the Uda, Lopan, and Kharkiv rivers. It was founded about 1655 as a military stronghold to protect Russia ’s …

1 day ago · Russian drone attack kills 4 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv as peace remains elusive The attack came shortly after the US accused Russia at the UN Security Council of escalating the conflict.

1 day ago · A Russian overnight attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv killed two people and wounded several others, regional and city officials said on Tuesday, as Moscow continues …

Jan 3, 2026 · Two people including a three-year-old child have been killed and around 28 others injured in a Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials have said. A multi-storey residential …

Nov 27, 2025 · Kharkiv was settled mainly by people from the Right-Bank Ukraine and the Dnieper region, who fled to the Tsardom of Russia during the uprising of Bohdan Khmelnitsky …

Mar 3, 2022 · At present, Kharkiv is the chief cultural, educational, industrial, scientific, and transportation center of Ukraine. The city is home to many museums, theatres, art galleries, …

Founded in 1654 as a Cossack fortress, by late 19th century Kharkiv had developed within the Russian Empire as a major commercial and industrial center. From December 1919 to …

May 8, 2025 · Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Харків, also transliterated Kharkov from Russian: Харьков) is a major city in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and is the second largest city in Ukraine with a …

Also commonly spelled Kharkov, Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second-largest city, and with about a million and a half people, and a main cultural, educational and industrial city for the country.