Exports via the Ukrainian corridor totalled 6.3 million tonnes in January, which is almost equal to the pre-war level. Source: Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Details: The Ukrainian corridor has seen 20 million tonnes of cargo transported to 32 countries. A total of 661 ships have left the ports of Greater Odesa, exporting cargo to […]
The congregation and clergy of the Holy Dormition parish in Oleksandrivka, Odesa Oblast, has decided to break ties with the Russian Orthodox Church and transfer under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). The transition was announced by the Odesa eparchy of the OCU on Jan. 23. Read also: Ukrainians nationwide will mark […]
A video of the arrest of Roman Hrynkevych, who was arrested in Odesa as he illegally attempted to cross the border, was relased by Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations (SBI), NV reports on Jan. 22. Roman is the son of Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych, suspected of being involved in a criminal organization and fraud. Read […]
A Russian drone attack in Odesa on the night of 16-17 January destroyed the facade of a residential building, damaged a heat supply pipeline, and started a fire that burnt out several cars. Source: Dumska, local media agency in Odesa; State Emergency Service of Ukraine Details: Dumska reported that there is not a single apartment […]
Russian attacks against Ukraine injured 23 people over the past 24 hours, regional authorities reported early on Jan. 17. Civilian casualties were reported in the cities of Odesa and Kharkiv, as well as in Kherson Oblast. In Odesa, a drone attack at around 2:15 a.m. local time injured three people and damaged residential buildings, Odesa […]
Odesa was the main target of the Russian drone assault in southern Ukraine overnight on Jan. 17 as Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 11 drones, the Southern Defense Forces wrote on Telegram. Three people were injured after the enemy launched a night attack on southern Ukraine using Shahed-131/136 kamikaze drones. Air defense units were engaged for […]
Ukraine’s top commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi spent several days with troops near the front lines in the south and east, discussing future operations in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk oblasts. According to a post published on Zaluzhnyi’s official Telegram channel on Jan. 14, Zaluzhnyi and Chief of the General Staff Serhii Shaptala worked with brigade commanders in […]
A judge in Odesa Oblast has been detained on suspicion of taking bribes from men who wanted to avoid mobilization, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Jan. 9. Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are not permitted to leave the country during martial law without special permission or in the […]
A nasty weather storm slammed much of Ukraine, with strong winds playing havoc in several oblasts. Read also: 125,000+ left without power due to nasty winter storm & Russian attack, more blackouts possible Odesa Oblast faced some of the most extreme conditions, with a strong gust of wind toppling a wind turbine in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky […]
A fire was seen in Odesa Oblast after Russia attacked the area with Shahed kamikaze drones as part of its most recent multi-wave mass missile and drone attack on Jan. 8, Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces reported on Telegram. All eight Russian Shahed-131/136 drones launched from the Black Sea at the Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts were […]
Ukraine suffered a large-scale drone attack overnight on New Year’s Eve, and there were strikes in several oblasts, with a port terminal and residential buildings in Odesa Oblast, an infrastructure facility in Mykolaiv Oblast and cultural facilities in Lviv Oblast suffering damage. In addition, falling drone wreckage damaged a garage and house windows in Vinnytsia […]
Festive lights adorning a Christmas tree in the courtyard of a damaged building in Odesa have been turned on. Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa Oblast Quote: “Residents affected by the attack today turned on the lights decorating the Christmas tree standing in the very centre of the wrecked inner courtyard of some […]