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Jul 19, 2023 · The city on the Black Sea has long been Ukraine’s link to the global economy and home to its busiest ports. With Russia’s withdrawal this week from an internationally backed wartime...
Mar 2, 2022 · Residents of Odessa, Ukraine’s critical port on the Black Sea, are bracing as Russian naval and ground forces approach. “Every day they make it seem like today is the day,” the mayor said.
May 2, 2024 · Odesa, seaport, southwestern Ukraine. It stands on a shallow indentation of the Black Sea coast at a point approximately 19 miles (31 km) north of the Dniester River estuary and about 275 miles (443 km) south of Kyiv. The city is an important cultural and educational center as well as a major port.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2023–. Odesa (also spelled Odessa) [a] is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre.
Mar 12, 2024 · Despite the renewed maritime traffic, the “pearl of the Black Sea” has not recovered its appeal as a link between Ukraine and the wider world. Odessa's famous steps, immortalized by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin in 1925, no longer escort travelers from the port to the city.
Jul 27, 2023 · July 27, 20235:20 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Greg Myre. 4-Minute Listen. Playlist. First, Russia wiped out Ukraine's navy. Now, Russia is blockading Ukraine's critical grain...
Aug 19, 2022 · Odesa is the crux of the war not only because it holds the key to the Black Sea but also because in it the battle between Russian and Ukrainian identity — an imperial past and a democratic...
