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The Latest Breaking News from Odesa

Vladimir Putin desperately wants to claim the 'pearl of the Black Sea' but Odesa has become a fortress

As Russia's troops approach, the strategically important port city of Odesa is fortifying itself from the inside out, with sandbags lined on its streets and a population devoted to the war effort.

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Ukraine refuses to surrender besieged city of Mariupol

Mariupol continues to be bombarded by Russian forces, who also reportedly attacked Odesa for the first time.

Al Jazeera

Holocaust survivor Boris Romanchenko is killed in his Kharkiv apartment after it is shot and burns down

A 96-year-old man who had been forced to work underground and on the V-2 rocket by Nazis dies in his home as it is fired upon during a Russian attack, while homes in the Black Sea port city of Odesa are also hit by shelling from the invading forces.

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Londoner running Ukrainian orphanage evacuates 270 children from Odesa warzone

A Londoner rescuing orphans from the horrors of war in Ukraine has hit out at the British Government for not doing enough to accommodate refugees despite the UK’s relative wealth compared to the war-torn eastern European country’s neighbours.

Evening Standard

Night train to safety: one Ukrainian family's odyssey

Ludmila Lichko wearily cradles her nine-year old son Ivan aboard a crowded train as it pulls out of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa just before midnight and heads south towards the Romanian border, moving away from the war engulfing their country.

Reuters

Ukraine says it will never surrender its cities as Odesa reports airstrikes on flats

Russia accused of striking residential areas in what would be first attack on Black Sea port

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine's Odesa accuses Russia of attacking city outskirts for the first time

Authorities in Odesa accused Russian forces of carrying out a strike on residential buildings in the outskirts of the Ukrainian city early on Monday, the first such attack on the Black Sea port city.

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UK says Russian forces still trying to circumvent Mykolaiv

Britain's Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Russian forces advancing from Crimea are still attempting to circumvent Mykolaiv as they look to drive west towards Odesa, adding that these forces have made little progress over the past week.

Reuters

Mines, sandbags and roadblocks: Odesa fortifies for Russian war

Capturing Ukraine’s third-largest city would effectively cut the rest of the country off from the Black Sea.

Al Jazeera

The scramble to shield Ukraine’s cultural heritage

Across the country, artists and curators are desperately unhooking, wrapping and stashing away artwork as Vladimir Putin’s onslaught closes in, report Max Bearak and Isabelle Khurshudyan

The Independent UK

‘First you cry, then get used to it’: Ukraine villagers find a kind of refuge in Mykolaiv

Ukraine is holding out in the heavily bombarded port city and even as thousands of people try to leave, others are arriving

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: How Moscow’s tactics are evolving in Ukraine

A strategic snapshot of Russia’s shifting tactics in the north, south, east and west of the country.

Al Jazeera

‘Fortress Odesa’: city falls silent as fearful residents await Russian advance

Ukraine’s historic ‘mother city’, so far undamaged, is bolstering its defences against an expected attack

The Guardian - UK

In Mykolaiv, a city awaiting a siege, it’s clear that all Ukrainians are now people of war

Until last month many were still oblivious to the reality of conflict with Russia. But its ugliness is now inescapable, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk

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As it happened: Zelenskiy urges Nato to implement no-fly zone

This live blog has now closed. Follow the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war here.

France 24

Ukraine’s Mykolaiv morgue struggles with rising number of corpses as shelling intensifies

The southern city of Mykolaiv has been under Russian fire for days as Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces try to gain control of cities on the border of the Black Sea, including the port of Odesa. But Ukrainian resistance has been fierce, with the death toll rising among soldiers and…

The Guardian - AU

Invaders ‘cannot conquer us’, Zelenskiy says, as 13,000 flee besieged cities – as it happened

Ukraine’s president says the capital will only fall to Russian troops if it is completely destroyed, while Moscow warns western shipments of arms to Ukraine could be attacked

France 24

‘We won’t be welcoming the Russians with roses’: Odesa prepares for attack

The port of Odesa in southwestern Ukraine is a prime target for Russia due to its history and strategic position on the Black Sea. As soldiers and volunteers prepare for an assault on the city, even some local figures linked to the underworld have joined the war effort. FRANCE 24’s…

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As Odesa prepares for war, residents are divided over which side to take

Odesa, a Russian-speaking port city in southwest Ukraine and an important strategic target in the Russian military offensive, is preparing for war. Fighting has not yet started in the city but the war is already creating rifts within families and among friends. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono report

The Independent UK

Fears rise Russia could open southwestern front against Ukraine as invasion stutters

Exclusive: Officials warn of ‘real threat’ that Putin could turn to Russian troops in Kremlin-controlled Transnistria, an unrecognised breakaway state to the west of Ukraine

Evening Standard

Dispatch from Odesa: Volunteer army prepare courageous defence of the Hero City

Population has rallied with housewives gathering to sew camouflage nets and street workshops springing up to make Molotov cocktails

Evening Standard

Odesa: Ukraine army band play Bobby McFerrin’s hit ‘Don’t Worry be Happy’ at barricades

The video has been liked by thousands of people on Twitter

France 24

Ukrainians pay heavy toll as Russia targets strategic city of Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv, a strategic city close to the southern port of Odesa, has been under intense fire by Russian forces. Some 160 Ukrainian soldiers have been admitted to a local hospital, but most of those wounded and killed are civilians.

The Independent UK

Odesa: The Russian-speaking port defying history to resist Putin’s troops

The city’s ties with Russia stretch back many centuries, to the empress Catherine the Great. But despite these deep-seated connections, the people of Odesa are preparing to meet Putin’s soldiers with fierce resistance

The Guardian - UK

‘Beyond understanding’: Odesa braced to see if Putin attacks city of such resonance for Russians

Russian warships have been moving ominously in the sea between Odesa and Crimea. Each morning, Odesa’s remaining residents wake up and check their progress

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