Ukraine: Kharkiv under repeated attack on 1,500th day of war
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“Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, was facing wave after wave of Russian air strikes on Thursday night and Friday morning as Russia's full-scale assault on its neighbor continued into its 1,500th day”
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— The Battle of Kharkiv was a military engagement that took place from February to May 2022 in and around the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine, as part of the eastern Ukraine offensive during the Russian inva…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kharkiv_(2022)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kharkiv_(2022)
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— Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the adminis…
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— The Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast is an ongoing military occupation that began on 24 February 2022, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began capturing and occupying parts of Kharkiv Oblas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Kharkiv_…
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“According to local authorities in Kharkiv, four rocket attacks took place overnight and at least 20 drones struck the city, damaging houses and offices and injuring five people, including an eight-year-old girl”
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— Football Club Metalist Kharkiv, also known as Football Club Metalist Kharkov or FC Metalist Kharkov (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків [metɐˈl⁽ʲ⁾ist ˈxɑrkiu̯]), is a Ukrainian professional…
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— Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the adminis…
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— On 10 May 2024, the Russian Armed Forces began an offensive operation in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, shelling and attempting to breach the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Vovc…
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“The rockets were reportedly followed by repeated drone attacks, with Moscow deploying Iranian-built Shahed drones fitted with jet engines”
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— This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 August to 31 December 2024.
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— The HESA Shahed 136 (Persian: شاهد ۱۳۶, lit. 'Witness 136'), also known by its Russian designation Geran-2 (Russian: Герань-2, lit. 'Geranium-2'), is an Iranian-designed one-way attack drone, also ref…
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— Russia has launched waves of missile and drone strikes against energy in Ukraine as part of its invasion. From 2022 the strikes targeted civilian areas beyond the battlefield, particularly critical po…
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“In the capital Kyiv and its surrounding areas, 'massive' daytime Russian missile and drones strikes on Friday had killed at least one person”
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“On Thursday, Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least two people and wounded dozens of others”
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“The attacks come as peace talks brokered by the US have stalled in recent weeks”
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“Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Ihnat reported over 400 drone strikes and ten ballistic missile attacks across the country in the last 24 hours”
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“Russia has followed up an overnight drone barrage with heavy daytime attacks, seemingly a new tactic”
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“Poland scrambled fighter jets due to Russian long-range aviation strikes on Ukraine”
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“Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have intercepted 192 Ukrainian drones targeting oil export facilities near St. Petersburg”
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