{"id":347597,"date":"2025-10-08T15:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=347597"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:19:14","slug":"kherson-kharkiv-and-poltava-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kherson-kharkiv-and-poltava-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kherson, Kharkiv and Poltava regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Recently, the Russian forces carried out strikes on multiple Ukrainian military facilities and gas infrastructure, causing critical damage to sites in the Kherson, Kharkiv and Poltava regions.<\/p>\n<h2>About Kharkiv Region<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_347617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347617\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-347617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-WP.jpg?resize=342%2C344&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-WP.jpg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-WP.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-WP.jpg?resize=768%2C772&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-WP.jpg?w=879&amp;ssl=1 879w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; WP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Kharkiv region<\/strong> is located in the <\/span><b>northeastern part of Ukraine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, along the <\/span><b>banks of the Dnieper and Don rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It covers an area of <\/span><b>31,418 km\u00b2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, making it the <\/span><b>fourth largest region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Ukraine.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kharkiv shares borders with <\/span><b>five Ukrainian regions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donetsk, Lugansk, Poltava, Sumy, and Dnepropetrovsk and also with the <\/span><b>Russian Belgorod region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>northeastern part<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the region lies on the <\/span><b>Central Russian Upland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, while the <\/span><b>southern part<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> extends into the <\/span><b>Donetsk Ridge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Dnieper\u2013Donbass Canal is <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a major waterway which passes through the Kharkiv region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Don River supplies about 75% of the region\u2019s water resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, serving as its principal water source.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Kherson Region<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kherson Region is located<strong> by the Black Sea and on the right bank of Dnieper River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The region extends <\/span><b>180 km from north to south<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>258 km from west to east<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Dnieper River divides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the territory into two parts: the <\/span><b>right bank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and the <\/span><b>left bank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (also known as <\/span><b>Northern Tavria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Poltava Region<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Poltava region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is located in <\/span><b>Left-Bank Ukraine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in the <\/span><b>central part<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It shares borders with <\/span><b>Sumy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Chernihiv<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> provinces to the <\/span><b>north<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Kharkiv<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the <\/span><b>east<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dnipropetrovsk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Kirovohrad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the <\/span><b>south<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Kyiv<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Cherkasy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regions to the <\/span><b>west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The region lies within the <\/span><b>Dnieper Lowland plains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and is characterized by <\/span><b>flat terrain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, the Russian forces carried out strikes on multiple Ukrainian military facilities and gas infrastructure, causing critical damage to sites in the Kherson, Kharkiv and Poltava regions. About Kharkiv Region The Kharkiv region is located in the northeastern part of Ukraine, along the banks of the Dnieper and Don rivers. 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