SHOCKING: 7 - What They Never Told You

'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.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

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…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 25, 2022

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.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Airstrikes at dawn as Russia begins ‘war of aggression’ with Ukraine

Ukrainians react with defiance as Vladimir Putin launches biggest attack by one European state against another since second world war

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2022

‘You’re on your own’: Airspace shut, Indians stuck in Ukraine seek immediate evacuation

Firoz Ahmad, 22, has been awake since 3 am, glued to his phone in his apartment in Odessa, Ukraine, watching the “darkest hours for Europe since World War Two” unfold.

Newslaundry · Feb 24, 2022

Turkish-owned ship hit by bomb off coast of Odessa, no casualties - Turkish authority

A Turkish-owned ship was hit by a bomb off the coast of Ukraine's port city Odessa on Thursday, Turkey's Maritime General Directorate said, adding there were no casualties and the ship was safely en route into Romanian waters.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

Uncertainty grips Indian students stuck in Ukraine

War is now a reality, says one of them in Odessa 

The Hindu · Feb 24, 2022

Live footage above Kyiv, Ukraine as Russian invasion gathers pace

There has been multiple explosions from missile strikes which have hit cities including capital Kyiv and Odessa. Dozens of people are feared dead and many more injured

Irish Mirror · Feb 24, 2022

Ukraine says fierce fighting under way at numerous locations

Ukraine on Thursday fought Russian forces along practically its entire border with Russia, and there was fierce fighting in the regions of Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odessa and at a military airport near Kyiv, an adviser to the presidential office said.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

18 people killed in Ukraine's Odessa in missile attack - regional authorities

Regional authorities of Ukraine's southern Odessa region said on Thursday that 18 people were killed in a missile attack.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022