Odesa

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni, center bottom with four white cranes on its red deck, at port in Tartus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

August 17, 2022, 6:07 am

First ship carrying grain out of Ukraine spotted docking in Syrian port

Razoni, loaded with 26,000 tons of corn shipped under deal meant to allow Kyiv to resume exports, identified at Tartus, where Russia has already sent stolen grain to feed key ally

By Jon Gambrell

The bulk carrier Razoni, carrying a shipment of 26,000 tons of Ukrainian corn starts its way from the port in Odesa, Ukraine, August 1, 2022. (AP/Michael Shtekel)

August 1, 2022, 1:37 pm

First Ukrainian grain shipment leaves Odesa port as part of UN-brokered deal

Cargo ship Razoni carrying 26,000 tons of corn will stop for inspection in Istanbul before sailing to Lebanon as part of agreement aimed at easing global food shortage

By Suzan Fraser

A woman walks among apartment buildings destroyed by Russian shelling on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, July 26, 2022. (Michael Shtekel/AP)

July 26, 2022, 3:12 pm

Port infrastructure said hit as Russia aims new airstrikes at Black Sea coast

Ukrainian military says private buildings also targeted; Moscow-appointed official in southern Kherson region claims Odesa, Mykolaiv regions will soon be ‘liberated’ by Russians

By susie blann

In this photo provided by the Odesa City Hall Press Office, firefighters put out a fire in a port after a Russian missiles attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, June 5, 2022. (Odesa City Hall Press Office via AP)

July 24, 2022, 3:44 pm

Russia insists its strike on Odesa port hit Ukraine military targets, not grain silo

Moscow says missiles aimed at warship and warehouse containing US-supplied anti-ship missiles; Ukraine’s Zelensky warns bombardment ‘destroyed the very possibility’ of dialogue

By susie blann

A man stands in front of a crater following a Russian airstrike in a village in the Odessa region, on July 19, 2022, amid the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. (Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP)

July 24, 2022, 12:54 am

US condemns Russian strikes on Odesa port, says attacks ‘cast doubt’ on credibility

Secretary of State Blinken says strikes undermine efforts of new grain agreement ‘to get critical food to world markets’

By TOI staff and AFP

Grain fields backdropped by a power plant in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

July 23, 2022, 11:32 pm

Russian strikes on Odesa port cast doubt over grain deal

Kyiv says attack is ‘a spit in the face’ to the agreement brokered a day earlier by Turkey and the UN

By Frankie TAGGART

A woman walks in a park with her dog in Odesa, on July 20, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Bulent Kilic/AFP)

July 23, 2022, 2:07 pm

Russian missiles strike Ukraine’s Odesa port, hours after grain export deal agreed

Kyiv: Attack is ‘spit in the face’ of Turkey, UN for brokering deal to let shipping resume from port; 2 missiles hit site, 2 intercepted; 3 killed in barrage on central Ukraine

By susie blann

Firemen intervene after extinguishing a fire in a building after an air strike hit the courtyard of civilian residences in the center of Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, July 19, 2022. (Miguel Medina/AFP)

July 19, 2022, 4:41 pm

Russian missile strike injures 6 in Odesa as Ukraine fights to hold on to east

Putin visits Iran for talks on proposition to allow Ukraine grain exports, as UK suggests Russians facing ‘acute’ problems in maintaining invasion’s advance

By susie blann

In this photo provided by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office, a damaged residential building is seen in Odesa, Ukraine, early Friday, July 1, 2022, following Russian missile attacks. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

July 1, 2022, 9:52 am

At least 21 dead, including children, in Russian missile attack on Odesa

Ukraine says target of pre-dawn strike was a multi-story apartment building and recreational area, a day after Moscow withdrew from strategic island

By FRANCESCA EBEL

A Ukrainian serviceman walks in a trench on a position held by the Ukrainian army between southern cities of Mykolaiv and Kherson on June 12, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

June 19, 2022, 4:05 pm

NATO chief says Ukraine war could last ‘years’ and require long-term support

While Kyiv remains defiant, Stoltenberg warns Western countries must be ready to offer continued help in grinding war; Zelensky admits losses are ‘significant’

By Benoit Finck and Anna MALPAS

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to watch the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

May 11, 2022, 1:09 am

US says Putin prepping for prolonged Ukraine campaign, could utilize nuclear weapons

Russian troops press assaults in east and south; Kyiv pushes for EU membership, saying matter is a question of ‘war and peace’ for continent

By AFP and TOI staff

A Ukrainian National Guard soldier sits inside a tank at a position near Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 9, 2022. (Felipe Dana/AP)

May 10, 2022, 12:45 pm

Russia pummels Odesa; 44 civilian bodies uncovered in Izyum building collapse

Ukraine warns Russia is depleting its precision weapons, raising risk of imprecise rockets causing more civilian damage; but advanced guided missiles are seen in use against Odesa

By Elena Becatoros and Jon Gambrell

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Monday, April 25, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

April 25, 2022, 12:28 am

Zelensky meets Blinken and Austin in Kyiv as Ukraine pushes for more US arms

US secretary of state and defense secretary travel to Ukraine in first visit by top American officials since Russia launched its brutal invasion two months ago

By david keyton

Smoke and fire is seen after shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, on April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky)

April 23, 2022, 7:04 pm

Ukraine says Russian strike on Odesa killed 5, including three-month-old infant

Kyiv says 18 people wounded in missile attack on Black Sea port, which hit military facility and two residential buildings; Moscow continues assault on last Mariupol stronghold

By Agencies

Men walk in a street destroyed by shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

April 14, 2022, 8:26 am

Moscow threatens to strike Kyiv after Russian flagship ‘seriously damaged’

International prosecutors touring Bucha say Ukraine is a ‘crime scene’; new $800 million US military aid package includes helicopters and armored personnel carriers

By Joris FIORITI