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Most of the Russian POWs became [[slave]] labor in German POWs camps;<ref>The USSR did not become a party to the [[Geneva Convention]] until 1960. So, although Germany was a signatory, Nazi Germany felt to compunction to honor the terms of the convention given German POWs and civilians were also subjected to human rights abuses by their Soviet counterparts.</ref> some Ukrainian POWs were recruited into German fighting units in both [[eastern Europe]], where they committed atrocities against the civilian population, and the Western Front to guard the Atlantic Wall in advance of, and during, the [[Normandy Invasion]].
Most of the Russian POWs became [[slave]] labor in German POWs camps;<ref>The USSR did not become a party to the [[Geneva Convention]] until 1960. So, although Germany was a signatory, Nazi Germany felt to compunction to honor the terms of the convention given German POWs and civilians were also subjected to human rights abuses by their Soviet counterparts.</ref> some Ukrainian POWs were recruited into German fighting units in both [[eastern Europe]], where they committed atrocities against the civilian population, and the Western Front to guard the Atlantic Wall in advance of, and during, the [[Normandy Invasion]].
==Twin Cities==
==Sister Cities==
Twin cities of Kharkiv:<ref>http://www.city.kharkov.ua/en/o-xarkove/goroda-partneryi.html</ref>
Twin cities of Kharkiv:<ref>http://www.city.kharkov.ua/en/o-xarkove/goroda-partneryi.html</ref>
*Byelgorod, [[Russia]]
*Byelgorod, [[Russia]]