In Odesa, no-one is safe from Russia's new Black Sea strikes
In Odesa, no-one is safe from Russia's new Black Sea strikes Image caption, Russian missiles and drones are hammering Ukraine's Black Sea ports, like Odesa My crane operator, my partner, died five metres from me The driver remained in the cabin. Svitlana Halchenko winces as she remembers the Russian ballistic missile which exploded at work in Odesa, killing her colleagues. Svitlana works as a warehouse shift manager at the city's main port. Despite her injuries - she walks with a limp, pieces of shrapnel still embedded in her leg and back - Svitlana is determined to keep working. But her normally bustling workplace is largely silent.
Aug-6-2026, 05:00:54 GMT
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