ODESSA, Ukraine/LONDON (Reuters) - Black and white newsreel from 1941 shows residents of Odessa, then a Soviet city, building barricades with cobblestones, while the streets are lined with sandbag ...

Past a set of barricades, a road is cordoned off with large concrete blocks, with the French national motto "Liberty, equality, fraternity" written in French in ...

Thick smoke rises from parts of the ship. In Odessa, powerful explosions were heard on the coast, which occurred probably due to the explosion of a cargo ship on a sea mine. The ship has suffered ...

Odessa has so far escaped capture but Russia warns that any ship venturing into its surrounding waters can expect to be met by its cannons. Seabound activities are ...

Three civilians lost their lives off the coast of Odessa, Ukraine when they set off improvised explosive devices floating in the Black Sea back in August 2025. Officials stated that the victims were ...

Russian forces struck the strategic port city of Odessa on Sunday. “Odessa was attacked from the air. Some of the missiles were downed by our air defense system. In some districts fire has broken out, ...

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. By Michael ...

On the Black Sea, the setting for bestseller Cussler’s intricately plotted 24th Dirk Pitt adventure, the seventh coauthored with son Dirk (after 2014’s Havana Storm), a Russian freighter has ...