Unable to get near Ukraine’s main port, Moscow is pounding the city from afar with missiles and drones
Outside the Kadorr apartment complex in Ukraine’s Black Sea city of Odesa, about 500 metres from the seafront, residents and rescue workers mill around in freezing temperatures.
Above an office on the 25th floor, a block of wall has been blown out by a Russian drone. Below, rubble and glass have been moved quickly into piles as owners survey cars crushed by the falling masonry.
Anastasia, 35, who lives in a nearby block, was displaced to Odesa from Donetsk after the Russian invasion and occupation in the east. Now she is contemplating the implications of the strike.
“I was sleeping. I thought it was a dream at first as the building shook. I didn’t hear the explosion but I heard another Russian Shahed drone that was extremely loud. It had been quite quiet since I’ve been here. Recently it’s started to feel more dangerous. I haven’t decided whether to move, but right now I’m scared.”
