UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today asked Russia not to disconnect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which it controls, from the Ukrainian grid, as Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of dangerous shelling of the plant site. “Of course, Zaporizhia electricity is Ukrainian electricity (…) this principle must be fully respected,” Guterres said during a press […]
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Odessa: the war also affects tourism
The city of Odessa was once a point of attraction for millions of tourists. But the war also seriously affected this sector. A travel agent tells her own story. For the first time in months, Odessa is in the headlines for a very good reason. Ukrainian grain is starting from the port of Odessa giving […]
Zakharova: Hit by high-precision missiles on a Ukrainian military vessel in the port of Odessa
LAST UPDATE: 13:16 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today that Russian forces hit a Ukrainian military vessel in the port of Odessa in Ukraine with high-precision missiles, as reported by Reuters. “Kalibr missiles destroyed military infrastructure in the port of Odesa, with a high-precision strike,” wrote Maria Zakharova on her account on the […]
Zelensky: Moscow will find ways not to implement the Istanbul agreement
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today’s Russian missile attack on the port of Odesa showed that Moscow will find ways to avoid implementing the grain export agreement reached with the United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine. “This only proves one thing: whatever Russia says and promises, it will find ways not to implement it,” Volodymyr Zelensky […]
Ukraine: Russian missiles hit the Black Sea port of Odessa
LAST UPDATE: 15:28 Russian missiles hit infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa port today, a day after Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to reopen Black Sea ports to resume grain exports, the Ukrainian military said. “The enemy attacked the commercial sea port of Odessa with Kalibr cruise missiles. Two missiles were shot down by air defense […]
Moscow is talking about Russian strikes near Odessa
Russian missiles bombed a runway near the Ukrainian port of Odessa, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The announcement was made by Russian news agencies and relayed by Reuters. Reuters reports that it could not verify the blow from an independent source. The agency accompanied his telegram by noting that the content was produced in Russia, […]
Ukraine accuses Russia of bombing a food depot in Odessa
The Ukrainian army accuses Russia of bombing a food depot in the Black Sea port of Odessa, where there were no casualties. The “Southern” Operation Command of the Ukrainian army reported that Russian troops fired 14 missiles at southern Ukraine during a three-hour bombing raid as part of “their ineffective rage for the success of […]
Ukraine: The popular beaches of Odessa are now a no-go zone
Tourists once flocked to the Ukrainian resort of Odessa to enjoy the beaches of the Black Sea, but now the white sand is full of mines due to the war with Russia and police patrol the places where wooden plank trails have been created. The Ukrainian military has planted mines along the coast in the […]
Ukraine: Does not demining Odessa port for fear of new Russian attack
Ukraine refuses to demine the port of Odessa to allow grain exports because it fears Russian forces will use it to attack the city, according to Odessa regional administration spokesman Sergei Brasuk. If Ukraine demining the country’s main ports, Russia “will want to attack, it dreams of landing troops,” the Ukrainian official said in a […]
How the colossal project of transporting Ukrainian grain via rail networks works
The rusty railways connecting Reni in the southwestern corner of Ukraine with the port city of Galati in Romania have long gone down in Soviet-era history, as they are no longer used. About a quarter of the 20-kilometer line is missing. However, like other remnants of the Eastern Bloc’s old network, the route along the […]