Odesa
city in southwestern Ukraine, administrative center of Odesa Oblast and Odesa Raion
- yesterday
Russian missile and drone strikes kill 12 in Ukraine as NATO jets scramble
A sixth consecutive night of Russian bombardment struck energy, port, and rail facilities in Kyiv and Odesa, while border incidents prompted fighter deployments in Romania and Estonia.
- 2d ago
Russian drone strikes damage Danube ferry checkpoint at Orlivka on Ukrainian-Romanian border
Russian drone attacks damaged export infrastructure and administrative buildings at the Orlivka ferry crossing on 1 September 2026, forcing the temporary suspension of traffic to Romania.
- 5d ago
Ukraine asks UN aviation agency to ban flights in Russian airspace
Kyiv has formally asked the International Civil Aviation Organization to urge member states to ban flights in Russian airspace, citing drone operations, while Moscow rejected the warning and reported standard defense coordination.
- 6d ago
Kherson governor urges evacuations after Russian strikes heavily damage heating plant
Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin advised residents to leave Kherson after Russian glide bombs severely damaged the district heating facility, threatening prolonged power and heat outages.
- 6d ago
Russia threatens strikes on British military bases over Storm Shadow missile technology transfer
Moscow warned that British military sites in Europe and beyond could be struck after London agreed to share blueprints allowing Ukraine to manufacture Storm Shadow cruise missiles locally.
- Aug 27
Russia plans intensified ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv as peace talks stall
Sources close to the Kremlin indicate Moscow is preparing conventional ballistic strikes targeting central Kyiv and infrastructure across Ukraine, while Washington shifts attention toward Iran.
- Aug 23
Russian Drones Strike Odesa-Bound Passenger Train Twice as Cross-Border Attacks Escalate
A Russian drone strike set fire to train No. 147 from Zhytomyr on Sunday, followed by a second attack during evacuation, while a strike at Lymanivka station killed one passenger.
- Aug 23
Zelensky urges parliament to pass EU reforms amid interceptor shortages and Russian mobilization
Volodymyr Zelensky urged the Ukrainian parliament to unblock anti-corruption bills required for 28.3 billion euros in European Union loans, while warning that Russia plans to recruit 300,000 soldiers starting in September.
- Aug 23
Zelensky rejects wartime election calls after dispute with ousted defense minister Fedorov
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed proposals for wartime elections as a dangerous split for the country, following public criticism and voting calls from dismissed defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
- Aug 22
Macron pledges interceptor missiles as European leaders prepare Kyiv summit on air defense
French President Emmanuel Macron announced new interceptor missile shipments to Ukraine ahead of a trilateral meeting in Kyiv with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
- Aug 17
Russian state bank VEB fires chief economist who warned Russia was losing 'war of attrition' with the West
Andrei Klepach, chief economist at Russia's state development bank VEB since 2014, was dismissed after his May speech warning that Russia was falling behind the West, China and even Ukraine economically became public in Russian media last week.
- Aug 15
Ukraine sends 600 drones at Moscow in one of war's largest attacks as Russia strikes Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih
Ukraine sent 600 drones toward the Moscow region overnight in one of the largest attacks of the war, hitting a Wildberries warehouse and killing at least six in Russia, while Russian missile strikes on Ukraine killed at least five.
- Aug 14
Russia rejects Ukraine's Black Sea truce proposal, threatens winter 'freeze' amid collapsing grain exports
Ukraine proposed a mutual cessation of attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea via a third-party intermediary, but Russia dismissed the idea and threatened to intensify strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure this winter.
- Aug 12
Putin threatens to seize European ships in retaliation for EU shadow fleet crackdown
President Vladimir Putin warned from aboard a Pacific Fleet warship on 12 August that Russia will seize European merchant vessels if EU nations continue intercepting and selling cargo from Russia's shadow fleet, calling the practice piracy and promising retaliation anywhere Russia chooses.
- Aug 10
Ukrainian drone strike on Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan kills 13, including seven Uzbek citizens
A Ukrainian drone attack on the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region killed at least 13 people, including seven Uzbek citizens and a child, while Kyiv also struck a petrochemical facility 2,500 km away in Tobolsk.
- Aug 10
WHO humanitarian warehouse destroyed in Dnipro as overnight strikes kill five across Ukraine and Russia
A WHO humanitarian medical warehouse in Dnipro was struck and destroyed on Friday, with staff managing to evacuate 130 of roughly 300 pallets before the attack. Overnight strikes across Ukraine and Russia killed at least five civilians on day 1,627 of the conflict.
- Aug 9
Russian strikes kill civilians across Ukraine as Odesa hit by 200-plus drones and missiles, Belgorod struck by Ukrainian drones
Overnight Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least three civilians and wounded dozens, while a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Belgorod killed three. Odesa sustained a barrage of missiles and more than 200 drones targeting its port and energy grid.
- Aug 8
Turkey demands Black Sea moratorium and restricts ship traffic after attacks on commercial vessels
Turkey called on Russia and Ukraine to agree a moratorium on attacks against commercial vessels in the Black Sea, as Ankara began restricting ship traffic through the Dardanelles after drone strikes injured crew members on two Turkish-owned ships.
- Aug 7
US intelligence warns Russia could attack a NATO member within weeks to test alliance resolve
US intelligence now assesses that Vladimir Putin could order a limited attack on a NATO member state to test the alliance's resolve, with a possible time frame from this autumn to 2029, the Wall Street Journal and CNN reported on 6 August.
- Aug 2
Ukraine hits three Russian oil refineries and sinks sanctioned container ship Yanina in Black Sea
Ukrainian naval drones sank the sanctioned Russian container ship Yanina in the Black Sea early Saturday, as long-range drones also struck three oil refineries in Bashkortostan, which Kyiv puts at nearly 1,600 kilometres from Ukraine. Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, which owns the vessel, called the attack 'piracy.'
