Odesa, a Russian-speaking port city in southwest Ukraine and an important strategic target in the Russian military offensive, is preparing for war. Fighting has not yet started in the city but the war is already creating rifts within families and among friends. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono report
Galina Djikaeva, an actress, has joined the effort to defend Odesa against a Russian invasion, making sure the Ukrainian soldiers in the city have everything they need. She says she is proud to see Odesa so united, but that in her family, the situation is not the same.
