The mayor of the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, believes the conflict with Russia should be resolved politically. Kiev and Moscow should cease the hostilities and return to the negotiating table, he told Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. Although he supports the …
Read More »‘An act of genocide’: A witness recalls the 2014 Odessa massacre
The tragedy that occurred in Odessa on May 2, 2014, no doubt gave impetus to the escalating political crisis in Ukraine. Many in fact consider it a point of no return that opened the door to a full-out civil war. But the Odessa tragedy did not only make many in …
Read More »Burned alive: How the 2014 Odessa massacre became a turning point for Ukraine
Eight years ago this Monday, something significant happened in Odessa, a historically important city in the southwest of Ukraine. Although the West didn’t see it as such, for Russia and the newly formed Donbass republics, what transpired there became a symbolic episode. Provincial revolution From late 2013 into early 2014, …
Read More »Fear and loathing in Odessa: Terry Gilliam in hot water after thanking RUSSIA at Ukrainian film festival (VIDEO)
The Ukrainian authorities consider Moscow an enemy, as they accuse it of annexing Crimea, and of other alleged “aggressive” acts, during the fall-out from Kiev’s tumultuous 2014 ‘Maidan.’ That Western-backed uprising saw the country’s democratically elected government toppled from the street. Kiev may feel uncomfortable with the reminder that some …
Read More »Ukraine nationalists march through Odessa on 7th anniversary of post-coup massacre in which dozens were burned alive
On May 2014, 48 people were killed and more than 250 injured during clashes between members of the notorious radical Right Sector group and the opponents of the Euromaidan coup, which had taken place in Ukraine a few months before that. The majority of the victims were burned alive or …
Read More »Adventure Donetsk coal in Odessa port
© page Aleksandra Zakharova Around the port of Odessa there’s a new scandal, this time coal. Ukraine is experiencing a shortage of coal for the heating season in full growth is the export of coal from the Odessa sea port. The peculiarities of the coal business in Ukrainian versed …
Read More »In the port of Odessa included two NATO ships, two more are expected
International exercise Sea Breeze-2019 are off the coast of Ukraine until July 12 with the participation of military from 19 countries, according to local newspaper “Duma”. Thursday in the Odessa sea port came two ships of the NATO combat four SNMG2 bearing combat duty in the Mediterranean. The first at …
Read More »At the Odessa landfill has tested a new missile installation. Video
New missile system Alder and Alder-R have been successfully tested and ready for serial production, said Ukroboronprom. Ukroboronprom unveiled a new rocket system Alder and Alder-R. On 24 may reported in a press-service of the company. The rocket launcher was successfully tested on one of military ranges in Odessa region. …
Read More »Near the airport Odessa a tornado swept through. Video
The height of the tornado reached 100 meters in height, many people, including the shocked employees of the airport, observed this phenomenon. Today, may 23, near the international airport Odessa was recorded tornado, about it in social networks reported by eyewitness Eugene Sinyavin, who caught it on video. According to …
Read More »In the Odessa region was found murdered the Moldovan businessman
The victim headed the investment and construction company. In the Odessa region was found dead a citizen of Moldova, who is the head of the Tiraspol enterprise. The corpse of a man found on an abandoned site in Vapnyarka village of Limansky district. Near the body stood Infiniti. A body …
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