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Kharkiv, [a] also known as Kharkov, [b] is the second-largest city in Ukraine. [7] Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. It had a population, before the Russian invasion, of 1,421,125 (2022 estimate). [8]
In the past, cities were self-governing and had several privileges. [citation needed] The list of cities is roughly ordered by population and the 2022 estimates are compared to the 2001 Ukrainian census, except for Chernobyl for which the population is an unofficial estimate. The cities with special status are shown in italic. The average ...
Bila Tserkva, the most populous city in Kyiv Oblast [2] [12] Brovary, second largest city in the oblast and the largest satellite city of Kyiv [2] [13] Boryspil, the oblast's fourth largest city and the site of the largest airport in Ukraine [2] [14] Pripyat, the country's smallest city and a ghost town as the result of its abandonment after the Chernobyl disaster [2] [15]
Officials say around 1.2 million people remain in the country's second city - compared to nearly 2 million before Moscow's Feb. 24, 2022 invasion - despite the threat posed by a new wave of ...
[47] [48] Kharkiv, located just 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the Russia–Ukraine border and a predominately Russian-speaking city, is the second-largest city in Ukraine and was considered a major target for the Russian military early in the invasion. [49] [50]
Ukraine’s two largest cities were hit by a new wave of deadly Russian attacks Tuesday, after President Vladimir Putin began the New Year with a vow to intensify the most aggressive campaign of ...
The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region. Its population is estimated at 603,904 (2022 estimate), [6] making it the seventh-most populous city in Ukraine and the second largest by area. Kryvyi Rih is claimed to be the longest city in Europe. [7] [8]
City with special status is treated as a city-region. Most cities in Ukraine are the centres of the corresponding hromada. Two cities (Chernobyl and Pripyat) are abandoned and are governed by the State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management. City status a populated place receives on a decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.