War crime?: Odesa’s ‘Harry Potter castle’ engulfed in flames after a Russian missile attack.— Reuters
ON a warm spring afternoon, as water-washed light bathed pastel palaces in the old imperial city of Odesa, Ukraine, the thunder of yet another Russian missile strike filled the air.
The April 30 attack targeted the seafront park popular with locals, killing five who were walking their children, dogs and playing sports.
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The windows on Odesa’s Museum of Western and Eastern Art are boarded up as Russian forces continue to target the port city. — Los Angeles Times/TNS
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Disused ‘tank traps’ on the corner of a main boulevard in Odesa’s city center. — Los Angeles Times/TNS
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Odesa’s opera house, formerly protected with sandbags. Performances and rehearsals are often interrupted by air alerts.
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Sunbathers flock to an Odesa city beach. De-mining efforts allowed the reopening of the seashore. — Los Angeles Times/TNS
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An ice cream stand on the promenade near the Potemkin Stairs, Odesa’s most famous landmark. — Los Angeles Times/TNS
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Zelensky taking Mitsotakis on a visit to the Transfiguration Cathedral in March. — TNS
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The blackened interior of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa. — Los Angeles Times/TNS
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Street musician from Kyiv, Ihor Yanchuk, conducting an impromptu piano concert on the beach to support local residents as smoke rises over the port of Pivdennyi, near Odesa. — Reuters
