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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.
Odesa strikes (2022–present) During the southern Ukraine offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city of Odesa and the surrounding region have been the target of shelling and air strikes by Russian forces on multiple occasions since the conflict began, fired predominantly from Russian warships situated offshore in the Black Sea.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 18 September 2024 (details): Continuously controlled by Ukraine Currently occupied or controlled by Russia Formerly occupied by Russia or Ukrainian-occupied Russian territory Date 24 February 2022 – present (2 years and 7 months) Location Ukraine, western Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing (list of ...
The Odesa catacombs are a labyrinth -like network of tunnels (subterranean cavities) located under the city of Odesa and its outskirts in Ukraine, that are mostly (over 90%) the result of stone mining, particularly coquina. [1] The system of Odesa Catacombs consists of a network of basements, bunkers, drainage tunnels and storm drains as well ...
Odesa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, romanized:Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Odesa. Population: 2,351,382 (2022 estimate).[ 3 ]
The Port of Odesa or Odesa Sea Port (Ukrainian: Одеський морський торговельний порт, romanized: Odeskyi morskyi torhovelnyi port), located near Odesa, is the largest Ukrainian seaport and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of 40 million tonnes (15 million tonnes dry bulk and 25 million tonnes liquid bulk), the ...
Before 2022, Russia occupied 42,000 km 2 (16,000 sq mi) of Ukrainian territory (Crimea, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk), and occupied an additional 119,000 km 2 (46,000 sq mi) after its full-scale invasion by March 2022, a total of 161,000 km 2 (62,000 sq mi) or almost 27% of Ukraine's territory. [9] By 11 November 2022, the Institute for the ...
Odesa International Airport ( Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт «Одеса») ( IATA: ODS, ICAO: UKOO) is an international airport of Odesa, the third largest city of Ukraine, located 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest from its city centre. On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to the Russian invasion of ...