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Interview
INTERVIEW: Aussie, Banker, Soldier, Volunteer – Living the Dream in Odesa
How a retired financier from Australia, aspiring to become an antipodean snowbird, discovered wartime Odesa and decided it was the place where he could live out his dream.
Jan. 19, 2025
Odesa
Interview With an Expert: The Future of Ukraine’s Maritime Industry – the ‘Greek Model’
The Ukrainian shipping industry has a window of opportunity to develop into a major international player. What’s needed is a strategy based on a tried and true model.
Dec. 29, 2024
Italy
Music as Response to Russian Missile Attacks
Two Puccini operas staged at the Odesa Opera House in collaboration with Italian institutions exemplify the port city’s defiance of Russia’s attempts to bomb Ukrainians into capitulation.
Dec. 28, 2024
Energy
Ambitious Ukraine Long-Range Strikes Hit Russian Air Defenses, Refinery, Naval Base
It’s not just Russia relentlessly attacking. The Ukrainian strike Standard Operating Procedure is to find the Russian air defenses, blow them up, and then send kamikaze drone swarms through the gap.
Nov. 29, 2024
Drones
Russia Strikes Odesa and Kharkiv City Centers with Missiles, Casualties Reported
Local authorities report damage to civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings.
Nov. 25, 2024
Odesa
UNESCO Officially Responds to Odesa’s Letter in Defense of ‘Polyphonic Cosmopolitanism’
When a controversial initiative to “decolonize” the monuments of Odesa got underway, citizens of the port city appealed to UNESCO to postpone any decisions until after the war.
Nov. 24, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russian Missile Attack in Odesa City Center Leaves at Least 10 Dead, 47 Injured
President Zelensky called these strikes not random, but demonstration attacks, adding: “Russia is showing its true intentions: only war.”
Nov. 18, 2024
Odesa
OPINION: Appeal to UNESCO About Saving Odesa’s Cultural Heritage Sparks Controversy
The battle to preserve the “polyphonic cosmopolitanism” of Ukrainian Odesa Intensifies.
Nov. 17, 2024
Russian Drone Shrapnel Kills 26-Year-Old Woman on Odesa Beach
Regional authorities said a 39-year-old man was also wounded in the attack, while emergency crews continued assessing potential additional casualties along the Black Sea coast.
1d ago
Russian Drone Attack on Black Sea Kills Sailor
June 19, 2026
Navy Denies Reports of Sea Drone Attack on Odesa
June 18, 2026
