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ODESA, Ukraine, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Five people were injured in Odesa and one of the city's principal art galleries was damaged in Russian strikes late on Sunday, Ukrainian officials in the Black Sea port said. "On November 6, the Odesa National Art Museum turns 124 years old," Oleh Kiper, governor the of the Odesa region, of which the Odesa city is the administrative centre, said on the Telegram messaging app. The Odesa city council published a video showing blown out windows and debris inside what it said was the Odesa National Art Museum, where paintings hang on walls. Kiper said that all five of the injured, from throughout the city, were hospitalised. Reporting by Iryna Nazarchuk in Odesa and Oleskandr Kozhukhar in Kyiv; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne.

Persons: Kiper, Henadii Trukhanov, Iryna Nazarchuk, Lidia Kelly, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Art Museum, Thomson Locations: ODESA, Ukraine, Odesa, Black, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy and Dutch PM Visit Odesa, Agree to Boost Air Defence
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

ODESA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, visiting the Black Sea port of Odesa, vowed on Friday to improve Ukraine's air defences and to increase the security of a "humanitarian corridor" for grain exports. In August, Ukraine announced a new humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea following Moscow's withdrawal from a deal allowing the safe export of grain from Ukraine's Black Sea ports. It has sought safe shipping routes as air strikes inflicted damage on its port and grain export infrastructure near the Black sea and on the Danube River. Zelenskiy described the air strikes as "vile tactics" and thanked Rutte for a new air defence package which would include missiles for Patriot air defence systems. Zelenskiy also said Ukraine was nearing an agreement with some partners on insurance for ships using the corridor but gave no details.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mark Rutte, Zelenskiy, Rutte, Iryna Nazarchuk, Olena Harmash, Timothy Heritage Organizations: Reuters, Dutch, Kyiv, Rutte, Patriot Locations: ODESA, Ukraine, Black, Odesa, Netherlands

☆ Ukraine's Odesa opens a few beaches for the first time since Russian invasion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] People relax at a Black Sea beach that was reopened after being closed down last year following sea mines laid around the ports of Odesa and Mykolaiv by Russia and Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Serhii Smolientsev/File photoODESA, Ukraine, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Several beaches in Ukraine's Black Sea city of Odesa have officially opened for swimming for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion, although bathing is banned during air raid alerts, local officials said on Saturday. Odesa, Ukraine's largest port and naval base, was repeatedly attacked with missiles and drones and the sea was littered with hundreds of sea mines following the invasion in February last year. For the safety of residents and after incidents of mines exploding on beaches, the coast was closed. The decision to open the beaches was made jointly by the city's civilian and military administrations, Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram messaging app.

Persons: Serhii, Oleh Kiper, Iryna, Pavel Polityuk, Frances Kerry Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Odesa, Mykolaiv, Russia, Ukraine, Black, Ukraine's

☆ Last ship leaves Ukraine port ahead of Black Sea grain-deal deadline
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, July 16 (Reuters) - The last ship to travel under a U.N.-brokered deal that allows the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa early on Sunday ahead of a deadline to extend the agreement, according to a Reuters witness and MarineTraffic.com. A United Nations spokesman said on Friday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was waiting for a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin on a proposal to extend the deal. Russia has repeatedly threatened to quit the deal, brokered by the U.N. and Turkey in July 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on whether the ship, the Turkish-flagged TQ Samsun, had left Odesa. Ukraine and Russia are among the world's top grain exporters.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Cyril Ramaphosa, Iryna Nazarchuk, Dan Peleschuk, Barbara Lewis Organizations: United Nations, South, Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, Turkey, Ukraine, Turkish, Samsun, Odesa

☆ Fire at Odesa power substation leaves Ukraine port city's grid on the brink
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"(The equipment) has been struck so many times that its state leaves much to be desired," Kudrytskyi told a briefing in Odesa, a city on the Black Sea. "We will do everything we can for the improvement of the power supply situation to take days rather than weeks," he said. "The situation is difficult, the scale of the accident is significant, it is impossible to quickly restore power supply," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Telegram. Prime Minister Shmyhal said he had ordered Ukraine's energy ministry to scramble every available high-power generator in its nationwide inventory and deliver it to Odesa within a day. At the briefing, Kudrytskyi said the city's critical infrastructure facilities were now being supplied with power.

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