The Latest Breaking News from Odesa

Artist George Butler: ‘I draw what happens at the fringes of atrocity’

As millions fled the conflict in Ukraine, the reportage illustrator felt compelled to travel there. He​ explains why he wants to depict the human cost of war

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2022

Commentary: A glaring double standard — one for Ukrainian refugees, one for Central Americans

I opened my computer to start Zoom for my class on Indigenous media in Latin America. As I proceeded to take roll, I noticed that my voice began to shake and my eyes were getting red as I looked at myself in the Zoom camera.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 25, 2022

‘We just want to stay alive’: Sheltering from Russian bombs in Odesa’s catacombs

Russian forces bombed residential areas in their first attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa on Monday. Ukraine fears the city could be the next target of Russia’s offensive in the south. Its inhabitants have found the perfect refuge from Russian bombs – the city's catacombs.

France 24 · Mar 24, 2022

Londoner running Ukrainian orphanage evacuates 270 children from Odesa warzone

A Londoner rescuing orphans from the horrors of war in Ukraine has hit out at the British Government for not doing enough to accommodate refugees despite the UK’s relative wealth compared to the war-torn eastern European country’s neighbours.

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2022

Night train to safety: one Ukrainian family's odyssey

Ludmila Lichko wearily cradles her nine-year old son Ivan aboard a crowded train as it pulls out of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa just before midnight and heads south towards the Romanian border, moving away from the war engulfing their country.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022

Ukraine says it will never surrender its cities as Odesa reports airstrikes on flats

Russia accused of striking residential areas in what would be first attack on Black Sea port

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2022

Ukraine's Odesa accuses Russia of attacking city outskirts for the first time

Authorities in Odesa accused Russian forces of carrying out a strike on residential buildings in the outskirts of the Ukrainian city early on Monday, the first such attack on the Black Sea port city.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022

UK says Russian forces still trying to circumvent Mykolaiv

Britain's Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Russian forces advancing from Crimea are still attempting to circumvent Mykolaiv as they look to drive west towards Odesa, adding that these forces have made little progress over the past week.

Reuters · Mar 20, 2022

Mines, sandbags and roadblocks: Odesa fortifies for Russian war

Capturing Ukraine’s third-largest city would effectively cut the rest of the country off from the Black Sea.

Al Jazeera · Mar 17, 2022

The scramble to shield Ukraine’s cultural heritage

Across the country, artists and curators are desperately unhooking, wrapping and stashing away artwork as Vladimir Putin’s onslaught closes in, report Max Bearak and Isabelle Khurshudyan

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022