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A Russian drone strike on the Chabad Or Avner Jewish school in the city of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 30, 2026, caused significant damage. (Rabbi Moshe Azman/X)
May 1, 2026, 10:00 pm
Ukrainian Jewish school, orphanage struck in overnight Russian drone attack; no injuries
Jewish institutions sustained serious damage; Russia launches over 600 drones at Ukraine in under 24 hours
By Zev Stub, ToI Staff and Agencies
Smoke rises over the government headquarters in Kyiv, following Russian drone and missile strikes on September 7, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
September 7, 2025, 11:21 am
Ukraine government building hit in biggest overnight Russian strike
Air attack kills 3, including infant, 18 injured; attacks in other cities seemingly result in no casualties
By Pavel Polityuk, Valentyn Ogirenko and Lidia Kelly
A Russian drone strike on the Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in the Peresyp district of Odesa, Ukraine, on August 4, 2025, caused significant damage to the building. (Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt/X)
August 8, 2025, 12:49 am
Historic Odesa synagogue sustains heavy damage from Russian drone strike
Flames engulf Nachlas Eliezer after suicide drone crashes into building, in latest Russian attack to hit a Jewish communal space in Ukraine; no injuries reported
By Grace Gilson
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February 11, 2025, 9:23 am
Odessa’s Jewish University struck by missile attack
On a Friday night, Chabad Odessa’s Jewish University, a cornerstone institution for the Jewish community in Ukraine, was struck by a missile attack.
Soldiers of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade shout slogans as they stand in line, near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (AP/Libkos)
September 4, 2023, 2:57 am
Zelensky replaces his defense minister, Russian drones hit Ukraine port
Ukrainian president calls for ‘new approaches’ over a year into Russia’s invasion, names Rustem Umerov, a leading member of Crimean Tatar community, as new minister
By Agencies
People attend a ceremony to mark the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Tel Aviv on February 24, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
August 4, 2023, 10:13 am
‘Wake up’: Ukraine urges Israel to aid Odesa’s Jews as Russia pounds city
Ukraine’s embassy in Israel says Jewish community significantly affected by strikes, one of which damaged Hillel office
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Hillel International's office after it was bombed by a Russian missile in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23, 2023. (Facebook video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 27, 2023, 9:37 am
Hillel branch in Odesa ‘significantly damaged’ in Russian missile strike
No one in building at time of attack, which damaged office door, windows, brought down ceiling; Hillel chapter in Kharkiv was destroyed in shelling last year
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative - Darts are stuck on a paper target made with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a popular beachside attraction in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23, 2023. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
July 25, 2023, 11:43 am
Anger grows in Odesa after Russian bombardment destroys beloved historic sites
Dozens of missiles over past week have pounded Ukraine’s port city, which was once a quarter Jewish, also hitting apartment buildings and the iconic Transfiguration Cathedral
By HANNA ARHIROVA and Lori Hinnant
Church personnel inspect damage inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral following Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23, 2023. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
July 23, 2023, 3:17 pm
2 killed in Russian barrage on Odesa; UNESCO-recognized cathedral badly damaged
Dozens injured; Moscow says strikes targeted ‘terrorists,’ denies firing at historic Transfiguration Cathedral, claiming destruction likely due to Ukrainian anti-aircraft rocket
By HANNA ARHIROVA
In this photo provided by the National Police of Ukraine, members of emergency services work at a building destroyed by a Russian attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, July 20, 2023. (National Police of Ukraine via AP)
July 20, 2023, 3:22 pm
At least 21 injured in third night of Russian air attacks on southern Ukraine
Ukrainian officials report 19 hurt in Black Sea city of Mykolaiv; port city Odesa also targeted
By AP
This photograph shows a downed missile that fell onto a private house after a night of missiles strike on Odesa on July 18, 2023. (Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP)
July 19, 2023, 12:33 pm
12 injured in Odesa amid intense Russian nighttime attacks across Ukraine
Dozens of missiles and drones fired at country; Russia’s emergency services in Crimea evacuate over 2,000 people due to fire in military facility, cause not given
By HANNA ARHIROVA
A damaged building after a Russian rocket hit in Odesa, Ukraine, June 14, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Situation Press Office via AP)
June 14, 2023, 11:40 am
At least 6 killed as Russian missiles strike Ukraine’s south and shelling hits east
Three die in cruise missile strike on food factory in Odesa; three more fatalities in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka
By Jamey Keaten
Reuven Shvartsman looks out a window of his apartment building in Odesa, Ukraine, in February 2023. (Courtesy of IFCJ)
June 10, 2023, 9:46 am
Scarred and hardened by the Holocaust, survivors relive it in war-torn Ukraine
Some draw on their childhood experiences to keep their fears in check, wile others are transported back to a sense of helplessness
By Canaan Lidor
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Police Press Office, fragments of a Russian rocket which was shot down by Ukraine's air defence system are seen after the night rocket attack in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 18, 2023. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)
May 18, 2023, 1:22 pm
Ukraine says it shot down 29 out of the 30 cruise missiles fired by Russia; 1 killed
2 others wounded by projectile that hit industrial building in the southern region of Odesa; loud blasts heard in Kyiv; Russian train derails after blast in occupied Crimea
By susie blann
Sada, second from right, gets a balloon on her birthday after she arrived from an orphanage in Odesa, Ukraine, at a hotel in Berlin, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP/Steffi Loos)
February 22, 2023, 6:03 am
Year after fleeing to Berlin, Jewish orphans gird for return to war-ravaged Odesa
Burdened by high cost of keeping them in Germany and donation shortfall, Mishpacha Orphanage says it will join flood of Ukrainians returning home even as fighting continues to rage
By Deborah Danan
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