Kharkiv

October 1, 2022, 4:51 pm

20 killed in Russian shelling of Ukrainian civilian convoy, Kyiv says

Second strike in two days to hit humanitarian convoy; Russia in retreat from most of Kharkiv region

A Ukrainian serviceman uses a metal detector to inspect a mass grave in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 which contains Ukrainian soldiers who were killed during the fighting against Russians near the beginning of the war. (AP/Evgeniy Maloletka)

September 16, 2022, 2:24 am

440 bodies: Ukraine says mass grave uncovered in city recaptured from Russians

Remains reportedly discovered in pit in northeastern city of Izium, near Kharkiv, after Russians retreat; deputy interior minister says torture chambers found in area

By VASILISA STEPANENKO

A Ukrainian soldier stands on a tank on the road in the freed territory of the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov)

September 13, 2022, 5:43 pm

Urging surrender, Kyiv tells fleeing Russian troops they’re used as ‘cannon fodder’

Moscow claims it’s launching ‘massive strikes’ as Ukraine’s counteroffensive deals major blows, but no uptick in attacks reported

By Elena Becatoros and HANNA ARHIROVA

A technician restores power after latest Russian rocket attack in Dnipro, Ukraine, September 12, 2022. (AP/Andriy Andriyenko)

September 12, 2022, 10:59 pm

Russians fleeing, surrendering en masse, Kyiv says, as Ukraine presses counter-blitz

Officials say too many captured troops to house, describing chaotic retreat by Russian soldiers outmatched by push into Donetsk; criticism of war effort seeps into Moscow state TV

By AP and TOI staff

A Ukrainian soldier passes by a Russian tank damaged in a battle in a just freed territory on the road to Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 11, 2022. (AP Photo)

September 12, 2022, 1:16 pm

Ukraine claims to have reached Russian border as counteroffensive maintains momentum

‘In some areas of the front, our defenders reached the state border with the Russian Federation,’ Ukrainian governor says; army says 20 settlements liberated in one day

By Elena Becatoros and HANNA ARHIROVA

A car drives past a destroyed Russian armored vehicle in Balakliya, Kharkiv region, on September 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)

September 11, 2022, 2:19 am

Surprised by Ukrainian counteroffensive, Putin’s troops withdraw from Kharkiv area

Kyiv estimated to have seized 2,500 km² in eastern breakthrough, as Moscow claims forces ‘regrouping’ in Donetsk; Zelensky: Russian army doing ‘the best it can — showing its back’

By Karl Ritter and Joanna Kozlowska

Russian rockets launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov)

September 4, 2022, 5:09 pm

Russian shelling strikes targets in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, port city Mykolaiv

Several killed and medical facility damaged in weekend shelling of Ukrainian cities, say local authorities

By AP

A Ukrainian soldier ferries supplies across the Siverskyi Donets River near Zadonets'ke, July 29, 2022 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

August 11, 2022, 6:31 am

For Ukrainian village cut off by river and Russians, deliverance is a rusty rowboat

Their bridge destroyed, residents of Zadonets’ke faced a harrowing 140-km journey for supplies, until an Israeli-founded relief agency found another way across the Donets River

By Lazar Berman

Kharkiv businessman and politician Oleksandr Feldman in his Kyiv office, August 2, 2022 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

August 6, 2022, 2:41 pm

Losing beloved zoo, Ukrainian Jewish leader haunted by assault on his city

Oleksandr Feldman, one of country’s richest people and a community benefactor, laments that Israel is not doing more during Russian invasion that hit his home and businesses

By Lazar Berman

Oleksander (L) and Volodymyr, officers in the Territorial Defense Force's 128th Battalion, speak in Chuhuiv, July 28. 2022. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

August 2, 2022, 10:17 pm

In town with uncertain loyalties, confident Ukrainian troops face down Russian fire

The Times of Israel joins a Territorial Defense unit in a heavily-shelled sector, and discovers bright, self-assured soldiers eager to chat — and to show off their Hebrew

By Lazar Berman

The bulk carrier Razoni, carrying a shipment of 26,000 tons of Ukrainian corn starts its way from the port in Odesa, Ukraine, August 1, 2022. (AP/Michael Shtekel)

August 1, 2022, 1:37 pm

First Ukrainian grain shipment leaves Odesa port as part of UN-brokered deal

Cargo ship Razoni carrying 26,000 tons of corn will stop for inspection in Istanbul before sailing to Lebanon as part of agreement aimed at easing global food shortage

By Suzan Fraser

Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Ukrainian serviceman Vitaliy Nejenits in Kharkiv cemetery, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

August 1, 2022, 5:42 am

Pummeled by Russian guns, Kharkiv is dark, quiet, but alive

The Times of Israel tours the hardest-hit neighborhoods of Ukraine’s second-largest city with Israeli-owned relief agency IdeaSoft HelpKharkiv

By Lazar Berman

Times of Israel diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman, on location in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in the wake of an attack by Russian artillery, on July 27, 2022. (Lazar Berman)

July 28, 2022, 2:00 pm

Daily Briefing July 28: Will Zionist Spirit spark joy? Plus, Kharkiv: Near the front

Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on a new political party; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the IDF’s Hamas ‘big reveals’; Lazar Berman on refugees in Uman

By TOI staff

Ukrainian artillery fire is directed toward Russian forces at a frontline in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

July 28, 2022, 12:43 pm

Russia renews assaults on Kyiv, Chernihiv regions amid Ukrainian counterattacks

Russian strikes come after pro-Kremlin separatists called on Moscow to ‘liberate Russian cities founded by the Russian people’; Ukraine counteroffensive gaining momentum, UK says

By susie blann

Screen capture from video purporting to show damage to the Antonivskyi Bridge from a Ukrainian missile strike, in the Kherson region of Ukraine, July 27, 2022. (Twitter)

July 27, 2022, 6:54 pm

Ukraine strikes key Russian supply bridge with US-supplied advanced rockets

Moscow-appointed official in Kherson says Antonivskyi Bridge still standing but vehicles can’t cross due to holes; Ukraine warns HIMARS system will continue to punish invaders

By susie blann