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Ukraine warns Russia readying to shell Odesa
Volunteers fill sandbags to build barricades in Odesa, Ukraine, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky)
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Russian forces are preparing to shell Odesa, a historic port city on the Black Sea coast.
“This is going to be a military crime. This is going to be a historical crime,” he declares.
Russian forces have made progress in southern Ukraine since their February 24 invasion, overrunning the city of Kherson and besieging the port of Mariupol, but Odessa has so far been largely spared.
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