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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 6 - Caught on Camera

'Don’t Worry, Be Happy': Behind sandbags, Odessa waits to see if it's next

(This March 8 story refiles to correct typographical error in byline)

Reuters

Soldiers defending Ukraine's Odessa give flowers for Women's Day

They fear a Russian attack is imminent, but soldiers in Ukraine's Odessa took time to buy friends and family flowers for Women's Day on Tuesday even though life in the Black Sea port has been turned upside down.

Reuters

‘We f****** hit them’: Russian warship that attacked Snake Island soldiers ‘destroyed’

Video footage appears to show Ukrainian navy exchanging fire with Russian ships as it defends the Black Sea port of Odessa

The Independent UK

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Nashik youth stayed back for 4 days in Odessa to get pet passport for his husky

NASHIK: Rohan Ambhure, a Nashik-based sixth-year student of the Odessa National Medical University, waited four additional days before leaving Ukraine just to make sure that his pet — an Alaskan husky named Delta — could come along with him. Ambhure needed that time to get a passport for Delta to…

The Times of India

How far will it spiral? Russian invasion draws NATO closer to Ukraine

Does the West go all in? A third day of broken ceasefire promises in Ukraine clearly illustrates that Russia has gone all in and will not settle for anything short of victory on the battlefield. We ask about the latest out of the crucial port cities of Odessa and Mariupol…

France 24

Video captures moment Ukrainian navy opens fire and appears to hit Russian warship

The video was filmed during the defence of the Odessa region, in southern Ukraine, in the early hours of this morning and shared by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian navy: Russian vessel near Odessa retreated after being struck by Ukrainian gunfire

Ukrainian naval forces defending the Odessa region hit a Russian vessel in the Black Sea with gunfire, Ukraine's navy said on Monday.

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U.S. does not see imminent Russian amphibious assault of Odessa, U.S. official

The United States does not believe a Russian amphibious assault in or near the Ukrainian city of Odessa is imminent, a senior U.S. defense official said on Sunday, amid growing concern about a potential attack on the city.

Reuters

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: 'Russia is indiscriminately killing civilians'

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that the success of negotiations depends on Russia approaching them with good faith without dictating ultimatums. He spoke with France 24's Marc Perelman about the situation in the cities of Mariupol and Odessa, the negotiations that will take place on Monday and what…

France 24

Innocents slaughtered as they flee Russia's bombs with 2 major Ukraine cities surrounded

WARNING - DISTRESSING IMAGES: Vladimir Putin's thugs have brought destruction and misery, with major cities surrounded by his forces who "shoot down" those attempting to flee as ceasefires are ignored

Daily Mirror

Two Cargo Ships Hit by Blasts Around Ukraine, One Killed

An Estonian-owned cargo ship sank on Thursday off Ukraine's major Black Sea port of Odessa, hours after a Bangladeshi vessel was hit by a missile or bomb at a port east of Odessa, underlining the growing peril to merchant shipping after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Many shipping firms have suspended…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Too soon to declare that Ukraine's Kherson is in Russian hands, says U.S. official

The United States believes that Russian forces have not yet taken over the Ukrainian city of Kherson, but could use it as part of a strategy for potentially moving to Mykolaiv and then onto Odessa, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday.

Reuters

Cargo ship sinks off Odessa after explosion, crew members missing -ship manager

The Estonian-owned cargo ship Helt sunk on Thursday off the Ukrainian port of Odessa after an explosion, the vessel’s manager said.

Reuters

Cargo ship sinks off coast of Ukrainian port Odessa ‘after explosion’

Two crew members in life raft at sea while four others are unaccounted for

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Daily Mirror

Cargo ship sinks off Ukraine coast after 'hitting sea mine' amid war with Russia

Two crew members were in a life raft at sea while four others were unaccounted for after the Estonian-owned cargo ship Helt sunk off the Ukrainian port of Odessa amid war with Russia

Reuters

Two cargo ships hit by blasts around Ukraine, one seafarer killed

Bangkok Post

First Ukraine city falls as Russia strikes more civilian targets

ODESSA, Ukraine: Russian forces on Wednesday seized the first major Ukrainian city in their onslaught, the strategic port of Kherson, as they stepped up bombardment of civilian targets across the country, put other cities under siege and pushed to encircle and cut off the capital, Kyiv.

Daily Mirror

Mum and son trapped after 'terrible journey' from Ukraine warzone hope to make it to UK

Halyna Wright and her son fled their home in Odessa, Ukraine on the first day of the invasion, making their way across the country before escaping into Poland, but they are now stuck there, awaiting a visas to fly to the UK

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Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Recalling a '90s Ukraine on the verge of hard-won independence

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thirty-two years ago, I saw something in Odessa, Ukraine, that still fascinates me.

Reuters

Bulgaria evacuates its embassy staff from Kyiv

Bulgaria said it is evacuating its embassy staff from the Ukraine capital Kyiv after evacuating the staff from its consular office in Odessa, Foreign Minister Teodora Ganchovska said on Monday.

Reuters

Bulgaria evacuates consular staff from Ukraine's Odessa

Bulgaria has evacuated the staff of its consular mission in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, the foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday.

Reuters

Fighting under way near Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odessa - Ukrainian official

Fighting was under way on Saturday near the southern Ukrainian cities of Mariupol, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Odessa, an adviser to the Ukrainian president's office said.

Reuters

'She woke up with bombs': Ukrainian diasporas in Latin America protest invasion

Leila Antonovsk, 28, a Ukrainian living in Argentina, fears for the safety of her mother back in Odessa some 12,642 kilometers (7,855 miles) away after an invasion of the Eastern European country by Russian forces this week.

Los Angeles Times

Ukrainian filmmaker hopes burgeoning local industry perseveres

As Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, local filmmaker Olga Zhurzhenko fled Kyiv, where she had been working on an animated feature, and drove to Odessa to be closer to her family. She was growing worried as she was joined on the roads by her colleagues and other…

Reuters

Greek embassy staff leave Kyiv as fighting reaches city's outskirts

Greece's embassy staff and its ambassador in Kyiv are leaving the city, the country's foreign ministry said on Friday, but consulates in Mariupol and Odessa will remain open.

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