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In just a week, Russia has fired dozens of missiles and drones at the Odesa region of Ukraine, hitting the historic city center that had been largely spared since the beginning of the war
Dozens of missiles over past week have pounded Ukraine's port city, which was once a quarter Jewish, also hitting apartment buildings and the iconic Transfiguration Cathedral
In only a week, Russia has fired dozens of missiles and drones at the Odesa region. None struck quite as deeply as the one that destroyed the cathedral
Russian missiles and drones have wreaked devastation in Ukraine's Odesa region, hitting the beloved Transfiguration Cathedral. Amid the ruins, Khlapova recorded a video on her cellphone, venting her anger at Russia and calling herself a war refugee. Odesa - whose ports were key to an international agreement last year that allowed Ukraine and Russia to ship their grain to the rest of the world - and its residents have suffered from attacks from Russian forces during the conflict.
ODESA, Ukraine—Tetiana Khlapova’s hand trembled as she recorded the wreckage of Odesa’s devastated Transfiguration Cathedral on her cellphone and cursed Russia, her native land. Khlapova was raised in Ukraine and had always dreamed of living in the seaside city. But not as the war refugee that she has become. In…