War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Odesa

On the night of October 17, Russian drones attacked Odesa and destroyed the building of a sailing school and the boats on which children were training.

A woman talks on a mobile phone next an industrial building damaged after a Russian attack on the Odesa region, in southern Ukraine on 25 September 2023.

In this photo provided by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a burning tracks are seen in Odesa, Ukraine, early Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, following Russian drone attacks.

Firefighters work to put out a blaze at a supermarket following Russian strikes on Odesa in this photo released August 14.

An aerial view of the damaged building after Russian missile attacks in Odessa, Ukraine on July 25, 2023.

A view of the damaged residential buildings Solomos, built by design of the architect Vikentiy Prohaska in 1913, in Odesa, Ukraine on July 24, 2023. Several missile strikes in the historical of Odesa causing damaged in at least 20 historical buildings. Odesa city centre is classified by UNESCO as World Heritage. Authorities and volunteers joint efforts to clean the building from debris.

An aerial view of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa after it was heavily damaged by Russian missile on July 23.

A firefighter works at a site of an administrative building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine, July 20, 2023. Odesa was also targeted on July 20 as a Russian missile heavily damaged an administrative building. It was the port city's third consecutive night of air strikes targeting installations, grain storage facilities, and civilian infrastructure.

A firefighter works at a site of storage facilities hit during Russian missile and drone strikes in Odesa, Ukraine, July 19, 2023.

A part of a Russian Kalibr cruise missile inside a building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strikes in Odesa, Ukraine, July 18, 2023.