Ukraine museum scrambles to save Russian art from the Russians
Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters As Russian forces pound the city with artillery and air strikes, staff at the main museum in Kharkiv raced to get priceless artworks to safety, many of them by Russian artists. The ornate, imposing building is still standing, unlike some others in Kharkiv, but the windows have been blown in by the […]
Russian artillery pounds Ukraine’s Kharkiv as ceasefire talks end with no breakthrough
Kyiv, Lviv, Ukraine/Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Monday, killing possibly dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow’s invading forces met stiff resistance from Ukrainians on a fifth day of conflict. The attacks took place while Russian and Ukrainian officials met on the Belarusian border, […]
Thousands rally proclaiming “Kharkiv is Ukraine” in city near Russian border
Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters Thousands took to the streets of Ukraine’s second-largest city on Saturday carrying banners saying “Kharkiv is Ukraine” and “stop Russian aggression”, as the country braced for a possible military offensive from Russia. Weeks of diplomacy between the West and Moscow have produced no breakthrough after Russia massed tens of thousands of troops […]