Kharkiv

Rescuers clear debris of homes destroyed by a missile attack in the outskirts of Kyiv, on December 29, 2022, following a Russian missile strike on Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP)

December 30, 2022, 8:59 pm

Ukraine says it repelled attack of Iran-made drones from Russia

Kyiv says its forces shot down all 16 kamikaze craft, with no casualties

By Robbie COREY-BOULET and Cecile Feuillatre

Police experts examine remains of a downed missile which fell on vehicles parked at a multi-story residential building in Kyiv on December 29, 2022, during Russian missiles strike to Ukraine (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

December 29, 2022, 11:08 am

Ukraine says Russia fired ‘massive’ barrage of over 120 missiles

3 wounded in capital Kyiv, including 14-year-old girl; most of Lviv without power; Ukraine military says attack included air- and sea-based cruise missiles

By AFP

A Chabad man lights a menorah in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the first night of Hanukkah, December 18, 2022 (courtesy Kharkiv Choral Synagogue)

December 28, 2022, 2:41 am

Hanukkah brings light to darkened Kharkiv amid winter at war

Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Moskowitz take festivities underground and into military hospitals, where they find a wounded Israeli and city residents looking for a reason to smile

By Lazar Berman

Rabbi Moshe Moskowitz lights the first Hanukkah candle in Kharkiv, Ukraine, December 18, 2022. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyi / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images via JTA)

December 22, 2022, 8:25 am

2 Lego menorahs, candle lighting under war: Hanukkah celebrated around the world

From Ukraine to Taiwan, from Sao Paulo to Denver, menorahs light up Jewish communities as they celebrate the Festival of Lights

By Jackie Hajdenberg

This photograph taken with a long exposure shows car lights near the Maidan Square during a power outage in the city of Kyiv, on December 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sameer Al-DOUMY/AFP)

December 17, 2022, 10:48 pm

Ukraine races to restore power after Russian strikes plunge cities into darkness

Energy provider imposes blackouts, warns recovery will take longer than usual due to extent of damage; Putin holds court with top military brass

By Dmytro Gorshkov

People take cover in the subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 16, 2022. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

December 16, 2022, 12:45 pm

Explosions rock Ukraine as Russia launches another massive missile barrage

Two killed after residential building struck in Zelensky’s hometown, children among injured; electricity, water supply interrupted in Kyiv and Kharkiv

By HANNA ARHIROVA and Jamey Keaten

A woman receives medicine boxes from a volunteer at a heating tent at a a government-built help station, in Kherson, Ukraine, December 3, 2022. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

December 4, 2022, 3:10 pm

More than 500 Ukrainian localities remain without power as temperatures plummet

Kharkiv region worst hit with 112 villages cut off, says minister, after weeks of Russian strikes on energy infrastructure; more attacks expected as freezing winter sets in

By AFP

A photograph shows Kyiv late on October 11, 2022, during a rolling blackout of parts of districts of the Ukrainian capital following rocket attacks on critical infrastructures in the evening, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Eugene KOTENKO / AFP)

October 18, 2022, 2:45 pm

Zelensky: Russian strikes destroyed around 30% of Ukraine’s power stations in a week

Ukrainian president says repeated targeting of energy infrastructure is a form of terror attack; some hospitals running on backup generators

By Emmanuel PEUCHOT

Artillery craters are seen in the field from an aerial view in the recently liberated area of Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 30, 2022. (AP/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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

By Jon Gambrell and Adam Schreck

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