The Latest Breaking News from Kharkiv

Eastern Ukraine’s biggest city is unsettlingly close to the Russian border and vulnerable to missile strikes, but there is a determination to maintain a cultural life, and a poetry festival is testament to the resilience and creativity of its people

Emergency healthcare workers in wartorn Ukraine say they have been targeted by drones.

Officials say a Russian drone barrage has targeted the center of Kharkiv, injuring nine people and damaging a maternity hospital in Ukraine’s second-largest city

Here are the key events on day 1,230 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Deaths as Kharkiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia come under attack; Ukraine hits Russian warhead plant. What we know on day 1,231

Defence ministry says 48 drones were destroyed in over five hours on Saturday; Kyiv’s top general warns of possible new Russian offensive in Kharkiv region. What we know on day 1,229

Dozens of people were injured after Russian drones targeted residential areas in the cities overnight.

Drone attacks on Kharkiv and Odesa; don’t forget about Ukraine because of Iran-Israel fighting, say Kyiv officials. What we know on day 1,213

Russia responds with ever-larger strikes on Ukraine’s cities and scales up drone and missile production.