Oksana Necheporenko is a freelance journalist for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
Russia struck a residential building in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, early on October 31, killing three people and wounding at least 36. Two boys, aged 11 and 15, were among the dead, officials said. RFE/RL spoke with the aunt of one of the victims.
A search-and-rescue operation was under way in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on October 31 at the site of a Russian bombing of a high-rise apartment building. An RFE/RL correspondent spoke with residents of the damaged building.
A nine-story apartment block was hit by a Russian guided aerial bomb in a series of deadly strikes on Kharkiv on September 24. At least three people were killed and dozens wounded. RFE/RL filmed as rescue workers helped victims, telling one man "the hissing in your ears will stop soon."
Russian air strikes on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv injured at least 21 people late on September 21. The day after, RFE/RL filmed workers clearing rubble and destroyed cars outside a damaged 16-story residential block. Residents needed plywood sheets to cover smashed windows.
Dozens were wounded after Russia struck the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with ballistic missiles on September 1, local officials say. RFE/RL filmed firefighters trying to quench flames from leaking gas after a missile had hit the city's central gas pipeline.
RFE/RL asked Ukrainians on the streets of Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv what they think about Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race and how it might impact Ukraine.
At least seven people were wounded in Dnipro on July 1 following a Russian missile attack. The strike came a day after one person was killed in Kharkiv when a logistics center was hit. People in Kyiv were also injured when fragments of a missile hit a residential building.
At least two people were killed and dozens wounded as a Russian aerial guided bomb hit a residential building, authorities in Kharkiv announced on June 22. Serious structural damage forced rescuers to demolish part of the building.
Rescuers searched the charred wreckage of a Kharkiv shopping center for bodies as officials said the death toll from a Russian missile attack had climbed to at least 14.
Kharkiv regional prosecutor Oleksandr Filchakov has told RFE/RL that Russia hit a store in Kharkiv with aerial guided bombs on May 25 when more than 200 people were inside. On May 26, excavators cleared the rubble from the devastated hypermarket. The attack claimed at least 14 lives.
A barrage of Russian attacks with S-300 missiles and Iranian-made Shahed drones killed at least seven people in Ukraine's second-biggest city, Kharkiv, overnight on April 5-6. The Planeta Mall shopping center, a gas station, and several other civilian facilities were hit.
On February 12, all five members of the Putyatin family were buried in Ukraine's second-biggest city, Kharkiv. Three children -- aged 7, 4, and 10 months -- and their parents died in a fire caused by a Russian drone strike on the night of February 9-10.
At least seven people died after Russian drones hit Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, late on February 9. The opening scenes of this video show a house in which a family of five, including three children, were killed.
The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has opened kindergartens in the subway to help protect young pupils from Russian air strikes. Groups of children spend two hours every weekend at the makeshift facilities, where they learn the basics of math, writing, and drawing.
Residents of Kupyansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv region are being transported to safety amid signs of a buildup of Russian forces nearby. Volunteer drivers helped pensioners, mothers, and children get to a destination further from the front lines of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Two missiles fell in the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, early on February 5. Five people were reported wounded. According to Ukrainian authorities, the blasts were caused by S-300 missiles fired by Russian forces.
One person was killed and three were injured in a suspected Russian missile strike on a residential building in the center of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine late on January 29. Rescuers say they found the body of an elderly woman in the rubble.
A Ukrainian man said 62 people hid in a basement used as a bomb shelter during World War II. Izyum was captured by Russian forces in March and retaken by the Ukrainian Army in early September. .
A Russian attack on Kharkiv on July 20 killed at least three people, including a 13-year-old boy. The child's grieving father held his dead son's hand and prayed for two hours until his body was taken away. (WARNING: Viewers may find the content of this video disturbing.)
Two Americans and a British man who are fighting for the Ukrainian Army spoke to RFE/RL in Kharkiv about their reasons for volunteering for battle. Some express outrage at the devastation Ukraine is enduring while others say they are serving out of loyalty to Ukrainian friends.
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