Kharkiv, the second-largest city of Ukraine, used to be its capital. With its industry, business and culture, it is the first major urban centre outside the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine. Kharkiv shelters thousands of people displaced from the Donbas region.
Euronews: Kharkiv ‘never had eastern-western conflicts’ (VIDEO)
Two men take pictures of Ukrainian flags flying in the place of a Lenin statue that was toppled by protesters the night before in Kharkiv on Sept. 29, 2014.
