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War in Ukraine
Odesa death toll reaches 12; Kremlin rejects peace talks, again; Moscow moves slowly westward from Avdiivka; Russia continues to boost oil prices; Missiles hit cities of Dnipro and Pokrovsk
Mar. 4
Odesa
Conflict strips away the quotidian nonsense and leaves us with what’s real and honest. Ukrainians have had to face a brutal reality, and as a result they have so much to teach.
Mar. 3
War in Ukraine
Photos of the victims began appearing on social networks not long after the attacks.
Mar. 3
War in Ukraine
Firefighters said that they had eliminated the fire in an area of 50 square meters.
Mar. 2
War in Ukraine
A young man was reported killed and three others injured, including a three-year-old child.
Mar. 2
War in Ukraine
Former Russian President Medvedev told the world all Russia wants Odesa, a famously Russian-speaking city on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, to “come home.” Deadly kamikaze drones hit hours later.
Feb. 23
War in Ukraine
Russian troops launched 31 Shahed drones over Ukraine, with Ukrainian Air Defense Forces successfully downing 23.
Feb. 23
G-7
The head of UNESCO and Italy’s ambassador to Ukraine met with the mayor of Odesa to pledge half a billion euros for an ambitious reconstruction project.
Feb. 11
Drones
The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down 23 out of 31 Russian drones, where most were targeting Odesa and Kharkiv; in Kherson, 1 was killed and 4 more were injured in Russian shellings.
Feb. 10
Drones
Russian military attacked several multi-story civilian residential buildings in downtown Odesa with 14 combat drones of the Shahed-136/131 type, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
Jan. 25
War in Ukraine
Roman Hrynkevych, along with his father Ihor and three others, stand accused of large-scale fraud that has left the Defense Ministry out of pocket to the tune of $32 million.
Jan. 23
Ukraine
Not even in wartime does the music stop. True to its historical links with Italy, the Odesa Conservatory has established links with Lucca, its twin musical city.
Jan. 8
War in Ukraine
Odesa is one of many new Ukrainian “hero” cities defying Russian barbarism and in need of the democratic world’s firm support.
Jan. 2
Odesa
The Danube ports offer a route for Ukrainian exports and allow integration into the European transport system and now Kyiv is creating an infrastructure for long-term use after victory.
Dec. 21, 2023
Odesa
A Ukrainian citizen working for the FSB has been convicted of treason and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He had a long history of pro-Russian militancy.
Dec. 19, 2023
The number of missile or drone strikes over the past month exceeds, according to the heads of the region, the total number over the past two years, officials say.
May. 9