“Today, our residents can see that this beach was rebuilt with soul, conscience, and care for everyone,” said Odessa, Ukraine Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov. “We continue our commitment to making the city ...

Odessa regional military administration head Maxim Marchenko said that several deaths had already been caused by floating mines, and those tragedies occurred "as a result of ignoring security ...

Residents of Odessa formed a human chain on Monday to carry heavy sandbags from the beach onto waiting trucks as the Ukrainian port city frantically built defences against advancing Russian troops. By ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: The once busy Black Sea beaches in the Ukrainian resort Odessa are deserted. The white sand where tourists used to sunbathe ...

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Summer beach days are off-limits in Ukraine’s seaside city of Odessa. The threat of sea mines and fears that packed beaches could attract Russian shelling mean that a few hours of sunning or a dip in ...

Oleksandr Hotovcev, 34, carries sandbags, filled with sand from Sobachyy beach, to bolster the city's defences, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues in Odessa, Ukraine, March 14, 2022. Reuters / ...