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Italy has pledged to help restore Odesa’s Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral, a key symbol of the southern Ukrainian port city’s cultural and spiritual heritage which was severely damaged in a Russian missile attack in July 2023.

A Russian air attack struck a residential building and energy installations in and near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa on Thursday evening, killing one person and injuring eight, officials said.

Russian drones attacked Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa overnight, killing one person and injuring 13 others, including two boys, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Saturday.

Russian air attacks on Ukraine kept the eastern half of the country under air raid alert for more than five hours, Ukraine's military said early on Sunday, with Moscow launching several waves of strikes targeting Kyiv and other cities.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has dismantled a Russian covert unit that was allegedly planning a violent takeover of government institutions.

Ukraine has revealed its new unmanned surface vessel (USV) “Stalker 5.0” at the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa.

Odesa is a frequent target of Russian attacks and missiles have hit sites in the city over the past two days, killing eight people.

A Russian missile attack on an educational institution in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa has killed four people and injured 28, Regional Governor Oleh Kiper reported on the Telegram messaging app.

The number of fatalities from Friday’s shelling of a residential building in Odesa in southern Ukraine by Russian forces has risen to 21; over 70 people have been injured, with some in critical condition, Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said on Saturday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were visiting the Black Sea port of Odesa on Wednesday when a Russian missile hit the infrastructure, close enough for the two leaders to see the strike.

A Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Saturday, killing at least seven people including a three-year-old and a woman with her infant child, regional authorities said.