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☆ Ukrainian media report explosion in Odesa, widespread air raid alerts
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A firefighter works at the site of a resort area hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine May 8, 2023. Press Service of the Operational Command South of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERSMay 7 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard following a missile attack that hit the Black Sea city of Odesa overnight, a local Ukrainian official said, while air raid alerts rang out in other regions of the country including the capital, Kyiv. "There has been an enemy missile attack," Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Odesa military administration, said on his Telegram channel. "Stay in the shelters until the air raid alarm goes off!" Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne also reported an explosion followed by a fire in Odesa and the sound of explosions in Kherson in the south.

☆ Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Russia attacks along Ukraine front
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A destroyed Russian tank remains on the side of the road near the frontline town of Kreminna, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Luhansk region, Ukraine March 24, 2023. * Russia's defence ministry said its forces had destroyed a hangar housing drones belonging to Ukraine's armed forces in the southwestern Odesa region of the country. DIPLOMACY* Russia's parliament speaker proposed banning the activities of the International Criminal Court after it issued an arrest warrant for Putin, accusing him of the war crimes. * Democratic and Republican U.S. senators urged the Biden administration to share information with the ICC as it pursues war crimes charges against Putin. * U.S. President Joe Biden, appearing in Ottawa with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said he would continue to pressure Putin and help Ukraine.

☆ Russia presses along Ukraine front after reports of Bakhmut slowdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Mike Collett-White | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

As winter turns to spring, the main question in Ukraine is how much longer Russia can sustain its offensive, and when or whether Ukraine can reverse the momentum with a counterassault. [1/5] Anti-aircraft unit serviceman of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, call sign "Chub", 34, prepares to pose for a portrait with a portable anti-aircraft missile system, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Soledar north of Bakhmut, Ukraine March 23, 2023. The International Committee of the Red Cross said some 10,000 Ukrainian civilians, many elderly and with disabilities, were clinging on in horrific circumstances in Bakhmut and surrounding settlements. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, saying Ukraine's ties to the West were a security threat. Since then, tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians as well as soldiers on both sides have been killed.

☆ Russia strikes many Ukrainian regions, cutting off power
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] Emergency workers extinguish fire in vehicles at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia?s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichMarch 9 (Reuters) - Russian strikes hit a series of Ukrainian regions early on Thursday, including the capital Kyiv, the Black Sea port of Odesa and the second-largest city Kharkiv, knocking out power to several areas, regional officials said. Power supply has been cut pre-emptively to about 15% of Kyiv residents, he said. Kharkiv region Governor Oleh Synehubov said the city and region had been hit by about 15 strikes. According to Ukrainian news outlet Obozrevatel.ua, two people were injured by a missile strike in Kharkiv which landed near their house.

☆ Ukraine wants one-year grain deal extension to include new ports
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A grain ship carrying Ukrainian grain is seen in the Black Sea, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine November 2, 2022. The Black Sea Grain Initiative brokered by the UN and Turkey last July allowed grain to be exported from three Ukrainian ports. At the same time, the UN, Turkey and Ukraine are ready to conduct 40 inspections per day if necessary. Ukraine exports around 3 million tonnes of agricultural products a month under the deal, but Vaskov said Ukraine was able to export 6 million tonnes a month from the ports of Odesa region and boost it to 8 million tonnes if Mykolaiv joins. Despite a decrease in the 2022 grain harvest to around 54 million tonnes from a record 86 million in 2021, at least 30 million tonnes of grain are still in silos and could be exported, according to the agriculture ministry.

☆ Major accident in Odesa deals new blow to Ukraine's power grid- PM
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A serious accident at a high-voltage substation has caused widespread power outages in and around Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa, Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Saturday. "The situation is difficult, the scale of the accident is significant, it is impossible to quickly restore power supply, in particular to critical infrastructure," Shmyhal wrote on Telegram. Shmyhal said authorities were now working to restore power supply to critical infrastructure and apartment blocks which needed electricity to heat homes. 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. He also ordered Ukraine's foreign ministry to appeal to Turkey to send powerships-- vessels which carry power plants-- to come to the city's aid.

☆ 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.

☆ Jailed ex-Georgian leader appears in court by video link, seeking urgent medical treatment
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Irakli GedenidzeTBILISI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Mikheil Saakashvili, the jailed former president of Georgia, appeared in court via video link on Wednesday to show how much weight he had lost while incarcerated, as associates renewed calls for him to be freed for urgent medical treatment. Citing medical records, Saakashvili's team says his weight has dropped from 115 kg (254 pounds) when he was jailed in October 2021 to 68 kg (150 pounds) at a check-up this week. Georgian authorities say he is feigning the gravity of his condition in order to secure early release. Zelenskiy decried Saakashvili's condition, saying Georgian authorities were trying to kill him. Saakashvili's supporters accuse the current Georgian government of adopting a pro-Kremlin position and of refusing to sufficiently back Ukraine.

☆ UK to supply tanks as Russian missiles hit across Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Earlier this month, France said it would send AMX-10 RC armored combat vehicles to Ukraine, designated “light tanks” in French. Sunak’s announcement came as Russian forces fired missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine on Saturday in the first major barrage in days. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, Gov. On Saturday morning, two Russian missiles hit Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. But that cuts both ways, as Ukraine says its fierce defense of the eastern strongholds has helped tie up Russian forces.

☆ Russian missiles strike vital infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

This photograph shows an object of a critical power infrastructure as it burns after a drone attack to Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian missile attacks hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv and the eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday morning, and a utility company imposed emergency power cuts in the capital and two other regions. Reuters journalists heard a series of blasts in Kyiv before the air raid siren even sounded, which is highly unusual. No one was reported hurt, but missile debris caused a fire in one place and houses were damaged outside the capital, officials said. DTEK, the biggest private electricity company, introduced emergency blackouts in Kyiv, the Kyiv region and Odesa region.

☆ Ukraine sees speeding up inspections as key to Black Sea grain deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine's efforts to increase exports under the Black Sea grain deal with Russia are currently focused on securing faster inspections of ships rather than including more ports in the initiative, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday. Ukraine is a major global grain producer and exporter, but production and exports have fallen since Russia invaded the country last February and started blockading its seaports. Three leading Ukrainian Black Sea ports in the Odesa region were unblocked in July under an initiative between Moscow and Kyiv brokered by the United Nations and Turkey. Kyiv accuses Russia of carrying out the inspections too slowly, causing weeks of delays for ships and reducing the supply of Ukrainian grain to foreign markets. "Ukraine focuses on normalising inspections rather than opening new ports," the senior Ukrainian official said.

☆ Drone strikes leave more than a million without power in southern Ukraine, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Russia used Iranian-made drones to target energy infrastructure in and around the port city of Odesa, leaving more than 1.5 million people without power, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. “The situation in Odesa region is very difficult,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address posted to his Telegram channel. People watch the soccer World Cup in a restaurant powered by a generator after a drone attack knocked out power in Odessa, Ukraine, on Saturday. The strikes were launched by the U.S.-supplied HIMARS missiles, Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-appointed governor of the region, said on his own Telegram. He added that that it would help Ukrainian forces cut supplies to Crimea, which Russia has been using as a launchpad for its offensives and missile strikes.

☆ Traders don't plan to suspend grain exports from Odesa after Russian attacks, Ukraine minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Traders have no plans to suspend grain shipments from Ukraine's Odesa Black Sea ports due to the latest Russian attack on the region's energy system, Agriculture Minister Mykola Solky said on Sunday. "There are problems, but none of the traders are talking about any suspension of shipments. Since October, Moscow has been targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure with large waves of missile and drone strikes. Ukraine is among the world's largest producers and exporters of corn and wheat but its exports have fallen significantly due to the Russian invasion. Grain exports from Ukraine in the first eight days of December fell 47.6% from a year earlier to 1.09 million tonnes, agriculture ministry data showed.

CNN —Multiple explosions have been reported in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol in southern Ukraine, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and in annexed Crimea – including at a Russian military barracks. Federov last month said Russia had turned Melitopol into “one giant military base.”“The Russian military is settling in local houses they seized, schools and kindergartens. The Ukrainian military has not yet confirmed or commented on the attack. The unofficial Crimean media portal “Krymskyi veter” said an explosion at a Russian military barracks in Sovietske had set the barracks on fire and there were dead and wounded. “In total, Russian terrorists used 15 Shahed drones against Odesa,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his daily address on Saturday.

☆ Russia drones smash power network in Odesa
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Serhii SmolientsevDec 10 (Reuters) - All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, officials said on Saturday, adding it could take months to repair the damage. The regional administration said people who relied solely on electricity to power their homes should consider leaving. "According to preliminary forecasts, it will take much more time to restore energy facilities in the Odesa region than after previous attacks," the administration said. Odesa, Ukraine's largest port city, had a population of over 1 million before Russia's Feb. 24 invasion. Ukraine's prosecutor general's office said two power facilities in Odesa region were hit by Shahed-136 drones.

☆ Ukraine says 1.5 million in Odesa region without power after Russia strikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Ukraine says situation in key areas of Donbas front remains very difficult, article with imageEurope category · December 9, 2022The situation in key areas of the Donbas front in eastern Ukraine remains very difficult, but Kyiv's forces are repelling Russian attacks and inflicting significant losses, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

☆ Russian drone attacks target power network in Ukraine's Odesa, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 10 (Reuters) - All non-critical infrastructure in Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa was without power after Russia used drones to hit energy facilities, local officials said on Saturday, with much of the surrounding region also affected. "Due to the scale of the damage all users in Odesa except critical infrastructure have been disconnected from electricity," Odesa mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov wrote on Facebook. Odesa, Ukraine's largest port city, had population of over 1 million before Russia's Feb. 24 invasion. A statement posted by the city administration on the Telegram app said that Russian strikes hit key transmission lines and equipment in Odesa region in the early hours of Saturday. Odesa region governor Maksym Marchenko said Russia used 'kamikaze' drones, which fly into their target rather than firing munitions, and that two had been shot down over the Black Sea.

☆ Half of Kyiv's region to remain without power for days - governor
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] An ambulance drives by a building, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, during power outages in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonDec 6 (Reuters) - About half the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital will remain without electricity for the coming days after Russian missile strikes on power facilities, the Kyiv regional governor said. But the Kyiv region, which does not include the capital and which had a population of about 1.8 million before the war, was badly affected. "In the coming days, about half of the region will be without electricity," Oleksiy Kuleba, the region's governor, said on the Telegram messaging app late on Monday. All water pumping stations and reserve lines in the Odesa region lost power and water supply was cut, the water company announced on Telegram.

☆ Russia launches heavy new missile strikes, at least two dead - officials
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Russia unleashed a new barrage of missiles on Ukraine on Monday, killing two people, destroying homes in the southeast and causing major power outages, officials said. Air raid sirens blared in the capital Kyiv and across the country in what officials described as the latest wave of Russian missile strikes since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion. The attack followed a spate of heavy Russian air strikes on energy facilities in recent weeks. Netblocks, a London-based internet monitor, said that connectivity had plunged in multiple Ukrainian regions during the strikes. Russian forces have increasingly targeted Ukrainian energy facilities in recent weeks as they faced setbacks on the battlefield, causing major power outages as winter sets in.

☆ Fact Check-No evidence French ambassador to Ukraine has resigned as of Oct. 25
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Users on social media are sharing a claim that the French ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins has resigned but there’s no supporting evidence. One Facebook user sharing the claim said, “Urgent: The French Ambassador to Ukraine Resigns” (here). There is another unverified French-language Facebook account under the same name and logo that identifies as a “broadcasting & media production company” (here). Jean-Michel Cadenas, a departmental delegate of the Rassemblement National in Mayenne (twitter.com/RassNational53) repeated the claim that Poncins resigned in a since-deleted tweet. There is no evidence that Poncins ever resigned from his post as the French ambassador to Ukraine.

☆ Lights go out in Ukraine as Russia launches 'massive' strike
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

An electrician works to repair an electricity power line that was damaged from shelling above a former battlefield, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 21, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of people in central and western Ukraine woke up on Saturday to power outages and periodic bursts of gunfire, as Ukrainian air defense tried to shoot down drones and incoming missiles. Ukraine's air force said in a statement Saturday that Russia had launched "a massive missile attack" targeting "critical infrastructure," hours after air raid sirens blared across the country. The presidential office said in its morning statement that five explosive-laden drones were downed in the central Cherkasy region southeast of Kyiv. Over the past two weeks, Moscow has increased its attacks on key civilian infrastructure across Ukraine.

LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Insurance for humanitarian workers, journalists, engineers and others heading to Ukraine is now more expensive and harder to organise than during the Iraq war. The United Nations and other aid organisations in Ukraine said last week that the missile attacks had disrupted their humanitarian work. A shortage of providers is also adding to insurance costs, sources said, pointing in particular to reluctance among some U.S. insurers to offer Ukraine cover. AIG (AIG.N), which declined to comment, was drawing up broad exclusion clauses for Russia and Ukraine, Reuters reported earlier this year. ($1 = 1.0206 euros)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterEditing by John O'Donnell and Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Russia carried out at least five attacks on targets in the region using unmanned Shahed-136 drones in the last few days, Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for Odesa's regional administration, told a news briefing. One of the attacks hit an undisclosed military target in the southern region in the early hours of Monday, he said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced Russia's use of Iranian drones on Friday, and Kyiv withdrew the Iranian ambassador's accreditation and cut its diplomatic staff in Kyiv. Military authorities in southern Ukraine said on Saturday they had shot down several Shahed-136 drones over the sea near the ports of Odesa and Pivdennyi on Friday. Separately, the air force said a Mohajer-6, a larger Iranian drone, had been shot down for the first time in Ukraine.

☆ Ukraine military says Russian drones hit military objects in Odesa
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA part of an unmanned aerial vehicle, what Ukrainian authorities consider to be an Iranian made suicide drone Shahed-136 is seen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, after it was shot down in Odesa, Ukraine September 25, 2022. Press Service of the Operation Command South and the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERSSept 26 (Reuters) - Two drones launched by Russian forces into the Odesa region in Ukraine hit military objects causing a fire and the detonation of ammunition, the South command of Ukraine's forces said on Monday. "As a result of a large-scale fire and the detonation of ammunition, the evacuation of the civilian population was organised," the command said in statement on the Telegram. "Preliminarily, there have been no casualties." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editnig by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russian missiles strike Ukraine's Odesa region
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday that its Kalibr missiles had destroyed an ammunition depot containing missiles for U.S.-made HIMARS rocket in Ukraine's southeastern Odesa region, while Kyiv said a granary had been hit. Russia's defence ministry said sea-based Kalibr missiles had destroyed a depot that also housed Western-made anti-aircraft systems. A spokesman for Odesa's regional administration said two missiles had been shot down over the sea, but that three had struck agricultural targets. Russia's defence ministry also said its forces had destroyed two M777 Howitzers in combat positions in the Kherson region, and a fuel depot in the Zaporizhzhia region that it said was storing more than 100 tonnes of diesel fuel. Reporting by Reuters Editing by David Clarke and Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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