The Latest Breaking News from Odesa

Putin marks Victory Day with little to show for 11-week war

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his country’s biggest patriotic holiday without even uttering the word “Ukraine.”

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 76 of the invasion

US warns Putin will use ‘more drastic means’ to achieve Ukraine objectives; Odesa under repeated missile attack

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2022

Russia says it hit Ukrainian warship near Odesa, downed two bombers

Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday it had destroyed a Ukrainian navy ship near Odesa with a missile strike overnight.

Reuters · May 8, 2022

Ukraine-Russia war: Ukraine accuses Russia of bombing Luhansk school where 90 were sheltering — as it happened

Ukrainian authorities say they have rescued 30 people from the ruins of a school in the Luhansk region, where civilians were sheltering.

ABC News · May 7, 2022

Russia says high-precision missiles hit airfields in Odesa region

Russia's defence ministry on Saturday said high-precision missiles had destroyed Ukrainian aircraft at airfields in the Artsyz, Odesa and Voznesensk regions, and that its Iskander missiles had hit U.S. and European equipment near Kharkiv.

Reuters · May 7, 2022

Ukraine Braces for Attacks, Evacuates More from Steel Mill

Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Saturday and bombarded a steel mill in Mariupol housing Ukrainian civilians and fighters, hoping to complete their conquest of the port city in time for Victory Day celebrations.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 7, 2022

Missiles hit Ukraine's coastal city Odesa -regional administration

Several missiles hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Saturday, the regional administration's spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk said in televised remarks.

Reuters · May 7, 2022

Timeline: Week 10 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events of week 10 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · May 5, 2022

Boy, 14, hailed 'hero of Ukraine' after he was killed warning neighbours of air strike

Viacheslav Yalyshev was killed by a Russian air strike while running around his local area spreading the word about the imminent attack to his vulnerable elderly neighbours

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2022

‘Everywhere I looked, it was like a Fellini movie’ … the youth of Odesa, photographed before the invasion

Yelena Yemchuk spent five years capturing the city’s bohemian, irrepressible young at a time of protests and attacks. It turned into a powerful record of Ukraine’s agonising slide into war

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022