The Latest Breaking News from Odesa

France slams Russia's suspension of black sea grain deal as 'blackmail'

Russia attacked Ukraine's port of Odesa with missiles and drones overnight, after pulling out of a deal to allow Ukraine to export grain from the black sea - a decision that France denounced as “blackmail” impacting global food security.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 18, 2023

Russia targets key Ukraine Black Sea port of Odesa, a day after halting grain export deal

Ukrainian forces have shot down 25 exploding drones and six cruise missiles from a pre-dawn Russian attack on the port of Odesa

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

Russia launches wave of air attacks on southern, eastern Ukraine

Ukraine’s air force said Odesa, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions under attack threat.

Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2023

‘Extremely fierce’ fighting as Russian forces resist Ukrainian counteroffensive

Kyiv and western sources issue downbeat assessment as Moscow targets supply lines in Odesa with deadly cruise missile strike

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023

Russian cruise missile strike on southern Ukrainian city of Odesa kills 3, injures 13

Regional authorities say Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight, killing at least three people and injuring more than a dozen others

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

Belarus receives first Russian nuclear weapons, says Lukashenko

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, at least three people were killed and 13 wounded in a Russian missile attack on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Wednesday, according to local authorities. Read our live…

France 24 · Jun 14, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine taking significant casualties and making slow progress towards Russian defence, say western officials – as it happened

Counteroffensive is still ‘going in the right direction’ says officials, in one of west’s first assessments of Ukrainian action launched on 4 June

The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2023

Three killed and dozens injured after Russian drone attack on Odesa

Three people were killed and dozens left injured after a Russian drone attack in Ukraine’s Odesa oblast region on Saturday morning.

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2023

Zelensky says Ukrainian counterattacks, defensive operations under way

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive operations were taking place in Ukraine, but told reporters he would not say what stage they were at. The news comes as Ukraine's military said three civilians were killed in an overnight drone attack on the Black Sea port…

France 24 · Jun 10, 2023

Russia says it destroys Ukraine's 'last warship'

Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had destroyed what it described as Ukraine's "last warship" two days ago in the port of Odesa in a missile strike.

Reuters · May 31, 2023