The Latest Breaking News from Odesa

Zelenskyy says Russia reduced Bakhmut city to a ‘burned ruin’

Ukrainian military’s General Staff reported some 20 air raids, more than 60 rocket attacks between Friday and Saturday.

Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2022

Ukraine says 1.5 million in Odesa region without power after Russia strikes

More than 1.5 million people in Ukraine's southern Odesa region are without power after Russian drone strikes on the electricity generating system, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address on Saturday.

Reuters · Dec 10, 2022

Scholz: Putin Determined to Conquer Ukraine but Still Important to Keep Contacts Open

Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to conquer parts of Ukraine and shows no restraint in his brutality, but it is still important to keep contacts open in case a moment arrives to end the war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. All non-critical infrastructure in Ukraine's southern port city of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 10, 2022

Buoyed by southern success, Ukraine revives long-shot dream of retaking Crimea

ODESA, Ukraine — Beneath a chill, low-lying fog, the Black Sea has gone winter-gray. The craggy coast of Crimea, illegally seized from Ukraine by Russia nearly nine years ago, lies far from this southern stretch of seashore — yet, to many here, the strategic peninsula suddenly seems tantalizingly close.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 22, 2022

Ukraine capital Kyiv, port Odesa area suffer power shortages -Zelenskiy

Ukraine's capital Kyiv, the area around the Black Sea port of Odesa and more than a dozen other regions are grappling with power shortages following relentless Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Reuters · Nov 18, 2022

Russian Missiles Pound Ukraine Power Supply, Fighting Rages in East

Missiles rained down on Ukrainian energy facilities on Thursday, as Russian forces stepped up attacks in eastern Ukraine, reinforced by troops pulled from Kherson city in the south which Kyiv recaptured last week. Explosions resounded in cities including the capital Kyiv, the southern port of Odesa, the central city of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 17, 2022

Official: Russian missile strike hits Ukraine's Odesa region

A Ukrainian regional governor says a Russian missile strike has hit Ukraine’s southern Odesa region for the first time in weeks

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Ukraine ships out record tonnage of grain despite Russia spurning scheme

Large convoy of vessels sets sail from Odesa as Moscow warns doing so without its approval is ‘risky’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

Turkey, UN try to save Ukraine grain export deal as Russia quits

Turkey, the United Nations and others looked for ways to salvage the Ukrainian grain export initiative after Moscow said it would pull out indefinitely following an attack on its Black Sea naval fleet.

Tribune News Service · Oct 30, 2022

Lord Mayor vows to do Ukraine proud after 'bittersweet' Eurovision win

Cllr Roy Gladden has written to the Mayor of Odesa

Liverpool Echo · Oct 14, 2022