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Nataliia and Viktor's house in Kharkiv was damaged by the Russian drone attack on May 7, 2026 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

‘War doesn’t let us go’ — Mariupol family’s home damaged after Russian drone attack on Kharkiv

07 May 2026 | 18:49
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A view from the car, damaged by Russian missile attack on Merefa in Kharkiv oblast on May 4, 2026

‘Part of our heart died with him’ — Russian missile strike on city in Kharkiv oblast kills at least 7, injures 31 people

04 May 2026 | 19:16
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The Ministry of Defense conducted investigation on supply shortages after the photos of exhausted soldiers were published by their relatives

‘Soldiers faint from hunger’: Ministry of Defense investigates supply shortages in Ukraine’s brigades

29 April 2026 | 17:00
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sewing volunteer

“We do what our defenders need.” How Kharkiv sewing volunteers make clothes for combat and recovery

22 April 2026 | 19:18
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How Kharkiv search and rescue dogs and their K9 handlers train for work at impact sites of Russian attacks

15 April 2026 | 20:08
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Damaged apartment building after Russian attack on Kharkiv

Russian drones 3 times attack Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, injure at least 5 people (photos)

06 April 2026 | 17:07
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A firefighter puts out a fire after Russian attack on Kharkiv

Russia attacks Kharkiv with drones, missiles, injures 5 people, including newborn (Photos)

03 April 2026 | 12:00
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sewing volunteer

“We do what our defenders need.” How Kharkiv sewing volunteers make clothes for combat and recovery

22 April 2026 | 19:18
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How Kharkiv search and rescue dogs and their K9 handlers train for work at impact sites of Russian attacks

15 April 2026 | 20:08
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Damaged apartment building after Russian attack on Kharkiv

Russian drones 3 times attack Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, injure at least 5 people (photos)

06 April 2026 | 17:07
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A firefighter puts out a fire after Russian attack on Kharkiv

Russia attacks Kharkiv with drones, missiles, injures 5 people, including newborn (Photos)

03 April 2026 | 12:00
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News

Russia starts combined air attack at Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, intelligence reports 

13 May 15:13

Russia launches airstrikes on 15 settlements in Kharkiv oblast, killing 1, injuring 5 

13 May 13:42

Ukraine evacuates over 700 civilians from areas near frontline in Kharkiv oblast  

12 May 16:34

Russia launches 40 airstrikes at 11 settlements in Kharkiv region

12 May 12:05

Volunteers evacuate over 1,000 animals from Vovchansk in Kharkiv oblast in 40 days

11 May 18:53

Latin American volunteers join Ukraine’s assault operation near Vovchansk in Kharkiv oblast

11 May 18:17

Russian losses in war with Ukraine amount to 35,000 troops per month, The Economist says

11 May 17:05

ISW: Ukrainian forces advance near Borova village in Kharkiv region

11 May 16:13

Russian attacks on Kharkiv region injure 5 people

11 May 13:45

Exclusive Over 200 people in Kharkiv took to the streets to protest against controversial draft Civil Code again

10 May 20:45

Ukrainian forces evacuate 4 women from Kupiansk

8 May 19:14

Local authorities plan to declare evacuation from Bohodukhiv district northwest of Kharkiv

8 May 18:39

Russia has killed over 17,400 civilians since beginning of full-scale invasion of Ukraine

8 May 17:51

Russian attacks on Kharkiv, other settlements in region injure 10 people

8 May 12:28
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Nataliia and Viktor's house in Kharkiv was damaged by the Russian drone attack on May 7, 2026 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

‘War doesn’t let us go’ — Mariupol family’s home damaged after Russian drone attack on Kharkiv

07 May 2026 | 18:49
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A view from the car, damaged by Russian missile attack on Merefa in Kharkiv oblast on May 4, 2026

‘Part of our heart died with him’ — Russian missile strike on city in Kharkiv oblast kills at least 7, injures 31 people

04 May 2026 | 19:16
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The Ministry of Defense conducted investigation on supply shortages after the photos of exhausted soldiers were published by their relatives

‘Soldiers faint from hunger’: Ministry of Defense investigates supply shortages in Ukraine’s brigades

29 April 2026 | 17:00
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Interviews

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Nature of genocide, “evil gene” in Russians, and Polish-Ukrainian relations. Interview with reporter Wojciech Tochman

17 October 2025 | 18:59
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“We are people’s lend-lease.” Ukrainian in New York about her volunteer work, US elections and Kharkiv

08 October 2025 | 19:24
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“I’m grateful that I’ve captured a moment when city was in its prime” — Director Jonathan Ben-Shaul on Kharkiv before and during Russia’s war and movement as method of reflection in art

11 August 2025 | 21:23
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“I make performances that ask — okay, what will you do now?” Director Alin Uberti on organizing workshop in Kharkiv, crafting alternative theater in Romania, and Russian promises to Bucharest 

07 July 2025 | 21:36
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Volunteer Oleksii Yukov puts number signs for evidence around the body of a fallen Russian soldier in Donetsk region, March 2025.

“War won’t end until we find them and bury them.” Video: Search for soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war

08 April 2025 | 19:03
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Bringing Ukrainian Christmas carols to liberated Kharkiv Oblast

10 January 2025 | 18:45
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Fact-checking

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The frame of the fake video about Ukrainian soldiers who fled the army during the treatment in France

Debunking Russian fakes. No, over 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers didn’t desert after being sent to France for combat injuries treatment 

24 April 2026 | 14:43
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Debunking Russian fakes. No, Pope’s personal secretary didn’t call Ukrainian officials’ boycott of 2026 Paralympics “nazism”

11 March 2026 | 19:32
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Debunking Russian fakes. No one bribed ISW to write fake assessments about Ukrainian forces’ advances in Pokrovsk

12 December 2025 | 18:46
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Debunking Russian fakes. No, French police didn’t detain two Ukrainians for Louvre heist

10 November 2025 | 18:21
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Nazar Hlamazda

Reporter and social media manager of the international version of Gwara. In 2023-2024, did fact-check and stories. Currently, writes news and reports on people's lives in Kharkiv and the region during…

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Russia starts combined air attack at Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, intelligence reports 

Elza Diachenko

International news reporter in Gwara Media. Holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Journalism from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

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Volunteers evacuate over 1,000 animals from Vovchansk in Kharkiv oblast in 40 days

Yana Sliemzina

Editor of the international department in Gwara Media, reporter, and writer. Written for media for over four years—from news pieces to field reports from the frontline to interviews—and has over five …

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Over 200 people in Kharkiv took to the streets to protest against controversial draft Civil Code again

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