No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire

The toll on older people and those with disabilities is especially severe as Moscow’s forces repeatedly attack the port ...
Los Angeles Times

Anger grows in Ukraine’s port city of Odesa after Russian bombardment hits beloved historic sites

ODESA, Ukraine — Tetiana Khlapova’s hand trembled as she recorded the wreckage of Odesa’s devastated Transfiguration Cathedral on her cellphone and cursed Russia, her native land. Khlapova was raised ...
Vogue

Odesa, the city where time loses its contours – Ukraine through the eyes of Yelena Yemchuk

Nowadays, if you google “Odesa” almost all of the search results showcase news stories referring to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The city on the Black Sea became a crucial location transformed by the ...
The Hill

WAR IN UKRAINE: Calm is an illusion in Odesa

ODESA, Ukraine — The signs of war are everywhere in Odesa, but it feels like there’s little fear of death or destruction from Russian attacks. Air raid sirens ring out almost daily, but rocket and ...
NPR

A Ukrainian jazz club provides joy in Odesa despite the invasion

In Odesa, a port city in southern Ukraine, one jazz club has continued to host performances despite the Russian invasion, providing a haven for joy and creativity. For many Ukrainians, the sounds of ...
CNN

Opinion: Putin’s new target is a cultural and economic jewel

It’s just past 3:00 a.m. About two hours ago, air raid sirens started to sound across the Odesa region, prompting me to leap out of bed and into my safe space — the windowless washroom in the rented ...
Rolling Stone

‘We Would Die Under Moscow.’ Odesa Unites To Resist Putin’s Invasion

ODESA, Ukraine — The most prominent poet in the Russian language, Boris Khersonsky, has no basement in his house. So when the air-raid siren signals go off — and they do a dozen times per day — he and ...
The New York Times

With Grain in the Cross Hairs Again, So Is a Jewel of Ukraine

Odesa, a port city long beloved by travelers, had been largely spared the worst of the war, but that began changing this week. By Valerie Hopkins Photographs by Emile Ducke Reporting from Odesa, ...
CNN

Outrage as Russian missiles strike Odesa port one day after grain export deal agreed

Russian missile strikes have hit the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, just one day after Ukraine and Russia agreed on a deal that would allow the resumption of vital grain exports from the region.