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Black Sea’s Snake Island emerges as crucial in Russia-Ukraine war

Snake Island, a tiny piece of land in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, has taken on symbolic importance for both sides in the conflict. Ukraine said last week that it had won a major military victory on the island, an account Moscow disputes.

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The Battle for the Black Sea

Russia and Ukraine are vying to control vital grain routes, but who will win?

Al Jazeera

Moment Russians Launch Supersonic Missile From Black Sea At Airfield In Ukraine

"An Oniks high-precision missile launched by the 'Bastion' coastal missile system struck Artsiz airfield in the Odesa region."

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Ukraine says food warehouse in Odesa destroyed in Russian missile attack

A food warehouse in the Black Sea port of Odesa was destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Monday but no civilians were killed, the Ukrainian military said.

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France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine

Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea

The Guardian - UK

France's Macron sceptical on Russia Odesa grain deal, sees Romania option

France's president said on Friday he saw little chance of an agreement with Russia for now to get grain out the Ukrainian port of Odesa, but said there were talks to regenerate rail routes linking Odesa to the Danube in Romania as an alternative.

Reuters

Ukraine says it hit Russian naval tugboat with missiles

Ukrainian missiles on Friday hit a Russian naval tugboat transporting soldiers, weapons, and ammunition to the Russian-occupied Zmiinyi island south of the Odesa region, the local Ukrainian governor said.

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Ukrainians Lidiia and Oleksandr among hundreds granted three-year protection visas and now looking to the future

She's scared for her family and still in shock after her escape, but Lidiia is among the now fast-growing number of Ukrainians officially granted three years of protection and support in Australia.

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Tourniquets, body armor, ambulances: A lifeline from Minnesota to Ukraine

Ukrainian surgeon Dr. Oleksandr Stanko calls it "the Minnesota miracle."

Tribune News Service

'Danger! mines' - Odesa's popular beaches now off limits

Tourists once flocked to the Ukrainian resort of Odesa to lie on its Black Sea beaches, but the white sands are now covered in mines because of the war with Russia and police officers patrol the boardwalks.

Reuters

The Black Sea blockade: mapping the impact of war in Ukraine on the world’s food supply – interactive

From vast grain stores stuck in Odesa to famine risk in Yemen, a visual guide to the far-reaching effects of Russia’s block on exports

The Guardian - UK

Turkey, Russia discuss efforts to restart Ukrainian grain exports

In meeting with Russian counterpart, Turkey’s foreign minister says UN proposal to restart Ukraine exports ‘reasonable’.

Al Jazeera

Trudy Rubin: Putin’s new war crime: Starving world’s poor by blocking Ukraine’s grain exports

You may think you’ve seen every horror in Russia’s kit of war crimes against Ukraine (short of weapons of mass destruction).

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Three trucks, nine lions, police with guns: how the Odesa big cat rescue unfolded

Lionel de Lange has been rescuing wildlife from unsafe conditions in Ukraine for years. But doing it in fear of Russian missiles presented altogether new challenges

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Russia says it shoots down Ukrainian military plane with weapons

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday its forces shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane carrying weapons and munitions near the Black Sea port of Odesa.

The Guardian - UK

‘We need the truth’: the campaign to ‘de-Russify’ Odesa

Peter Obukhov has drawn up a list of historical figures who have given their names to streets in the Ukrainian city, a Russian-speaking port

France 24

Transnistria: Moldova's breakaway region in the shadow of war in Ukraine

With the war in Ukraine now in its 100th day, we focus on the situation in Transnistria, a small breakaway region of Moldova on Ukraine’s south-western border. Western countries suspect the region of acting as a rear base for the Russian military. The separatist enclave, which has claimed its independence…

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Ukraine agonizes over Russian culture and language in its social fabric

A third of Ukrainians have called Russian their mother tongue. Russian statues and cultural markers abound. Are these influences inherently toxic? The war is prompting emotional conversations.

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The Guardian - UK

Russia and the west compete to secure safe passage for Ukraine’s grain

Analysis: both sides agree grain must reach world markets soon but each wants to decide how

The Conversation

Ukraine war: despite Russia's success in Donbas, this is only the end of the beginning

When considering the current position of the war in Ukraine, it’s worth remembering that the assumption of Russian commanders when they began their “special military operation”, was that the whole thing would be complete within two weeks. So much for assumptions. What they face now is a protracted attritional battle…

The Guardian - UK

Farmers in Odesa sound alarm over blockade: ‘It’s a question of survival’

Russia has blockaded and occupied all of Ukraine’s seaports, meaning about 22m tonnes of produce is stuck

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Ukraine Get Missiles, Howitzers as Zelenskiy Expects Good News on Arms

Ukraine has started receiving Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark and self-propelled howitzers from the United States, arms that will bolster forces fighting Russia's invasion, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Saturday. "The coastal defense of our country will not only be strengthened by Harpoon missiles - they will be…

The Independent UK

West working to break Russian blockade and ‘avert global food crisis’, says PM

Boris Johnson updated Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky on the plan during a phone call on Saturday.

Al Jazeera

How has war changed life for everyday Ukrainians?

From work and studies, to friendships and news consumption, Ukrainians tell Al Jazeera about their experiences.

Evening Standard

Putin’s Odesa blockade will send food prices spiralling, UK warns

Vladimir Putin’s blockade of Odesa and other Ukrainian ports will send basic food prices spiralling even higher, British defence chiefs warned on Wednesday.

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