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    Kyiv (also Kiev) [a] is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, [2] making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. [11] Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe.

  2. 1 day ago · CNN —. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed Kyiv’s troops are fighting inside Russia, days into the surprise Ukrainian cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region that ...

  3. 3 days ago · Kyiv, chief city and capital of Ukraine. A port on the Dnieper (Dnipro) River and a large railroad junction, it is a city with an ancient and proud history. As the centre of Kyivan (Kievan) Rus , the first eastern Slavic state, 1,000 years ago, it acquired the title “Mother of Rus Cities.”

  4. May 28, 2024 · 18 Best Things to Do in Kyiv. Go Inside St. Volodymyr's Cathedral. Climb up the Bell Tower at St. Sophia's Cathedral. Stroll around St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. Check Out the View From St. Andrew's Church. Walk Down the Andriivs'kyi Descent. Explore the Hipster District of Podil.

  5. 1 day ago · Kyiv, with its good defensive site on the high river bluffs and as the centre of a rich agricultural area and a group of early Slavic towns, began to gain importance. About 882 Oleg (Oleh), the ruler of Novgorod, captured Kyiv and made it his capital, the centre of the first East Slavic state, Kyivan (Kievan) Rus.

  6. Kyiv. Ukraine, Europe. In the beginning there was Kyiv. Long before Ukraine and Russia existed, the city's inhabitants were already striding up and down the green hills, idling hot afternoons away on the Dnipro River and promenading along Khreshchatyk – then a stream, now the main avenue.

  7. Apr 2, 2022 · Kyiv is the ultimate prize for Russia: the heart of Ukraine, and the seat of a government it has sought to replace. For weeks, Russian troops have pressed in on the city from both sides of...

  8. 5 days ago · Published Aug. 8, 2024 Updated Aug. 9, 2024. After months of losing ground to Russia in brutal, grinding battles in Ukraine, Kyiv shifted tactics with a surprise attack into Russian territory this ...

  9. 1 day ago · August 11, 20247:08 AM PDTUpdated 19 hours ago. KYIV, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A 4-year-old boy and his 35-year-old father were killed in an overnight Russian air strike outside of Kyiv, Ukrainian ...

  10. 5 days ago · Ukraine has captured roughly 350 sq km in Russia’s Kursk region, with its forces fighting to expand and solidify their presence on the third day of Kyiv’s most audacious counteroffensive of ...

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