Odesa

Russia bombards Odesa and other southern Ukraine port cities for third night since end of grain deal

Russia pounded Ukraine’s southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive night Thursday, keeping Odesa in the Kremlin's crosshairs after a bitter dispute over the end of a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain through the key Black Sea port

Russian drones strike Ukraine's port of Odesa: officials

Since the start of the invasion, Odesa has been bombed several times by Russian forces. In January, the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO designated the historic centre of Odesa a World Heritage in Danger site

Russian Blitzkrieg: '81-missile-attack' across Ukraine was 'revenge' for Bryansk, says Moscow

at least nine people were reportedly killed and a key nuclear power plant was left without electricity supply as Russia launched a fearsome barrage of missiles and drones on several cities across Ukraine

WATCH: Ukrainian soldiers using cars to toe mobile 2B9 Vasilek automatic 82mm gun-mortar

In a video that has gone viral on social media platforms, the crew of a 2B9 Vasilek automatic 82mm gun-mortar of the Ukrainian army can be seen towing the gun with a civilian car

In '81-missile-attack', Russia targets Ukrainian power infra as nuclear plant left without electricity supply

Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the Black Sea port of Odesa and the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv were all hit as the Russian missiles hit a wide arc of targets, stretching from Zhytomyr, Vynnytsia and Rivne in the west to Dnipro and Poltava in central Ukraine

First grain ship leaves Ukraine since war began: Where it is heading, why this is significant

Ukraine and Russia are major global suppliers of wheat, barley, corn and sunflower oil, with the fertile Black Sea region long known as the breadbasket of Europe. The holdup of shipments has worsened rising food prices worldwide and threatened hunger and political instability in developing nations

Donbas region secured, Russia begins assault on Ukraine's Black Sea coast with Odesa, Mykolaiv airstrikes

In Odesa, a number of private buildings in villages on the coast were hit and caught fire, while in Mykolaiv, port infrastructure was targeted

Ukraine War: At least 21 killed as Russian missiles strike residential areas near Odesa

Ukrainian authorities interpreted the attack as payback for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Snake Island a day earlier, though Moscow portrayed their departure as a 'goodwill gesture' to help unblock exports of grain

Russian missile hits Ukraine airport, destroys runway, says Odesa governor

Odesa regional governor Maksym Marchenko said Russia had used a Bastion missile, launched from Crimea