Kharkiv
Eastern Ukrainian city
Kharkiv is Ukraine's second-largest city, located in the northeastern part of the country near the Russian border.
Founded in the 17th century, it served as Ukraine's first Soviet capital before Kyiv.
The city is an industrial and educational center, home to major universities and manufacturing.
Since 2022, Kharkiv has faced repeated Russian military attacks: Kharkiv has endured months of shelling.
Forcible entry into territory
- bombingAttack with explosives
- shellingSustained artillery attack
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
frontline · displacement · humanitarian crisis · evacuation · defense · destruction · civilian casualties · air raids
Storage vessels for liquids
- tractorsAgricultural pulling machines
- turbinesBlade-driven power converters
- aerospaceAtmosphere plus outer void
- AntonovAircraft company from Kyiv
machinery · metallurgy · engineering · manufacturing · heavy industry · armaments · locomotives · electronics
Beetroot-based Slavic soup
- KyivCapital of Ukraine
- LvivWestern Ukrainian metropolis
- OdesaUkrainian Black Sea port
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
Taras Shevchenko · Cossack · Maidan · Soviet · post-Soviet · bilingual
Applied sciences institution
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- physicsScience of matter and energy
mathematics · aerospace engineering · medical school · law school · campus · dormitories · scholarships · technical institutes
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- bombingAttack with explosives
- shellingSustained artillery attack
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
resistance · frontline · displacement · humanitarian crisis · evacuation · defense · destruction · civilian casualties · air raids · resilience
tanks
Storage vessels for liquids
- tractorsAgricultural pulling machines
- turbinesBlade-driven power converters
- aerospaceAtmosphere plus outer void
Antonov · machinery · metallurgy · engineering · manufacturing · heavy industry · armaments · locomotives · electronics · defense industry
borscht
Beetroot-based Slavic soup
Taras Shevchenko · Slavic · Cossack · Maidan · Soviet · post-Soviet · bilingual
polytechnic
Applied sciences institution
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
physics · mathematics · aerospace engineering · medical school · law school · campus · dormitories · scholarships · technical institutes · academicians
Gorky Park
Moscow's main public park