The Torment of Odesa
The Ukrainian city has been hit with rocket attacks, rumors of rocket attacks, and much else.
by Graeme Wood
Jul 23, 2022
3 minutes
A most predictable rocket attack hit Odesa today—announced shortly before it happened by an air-raid alert on my phone, but also a full day before, when Russia and Ukraine struck a tentative deal to let Ukraine ship grain from Odesa and two other ports. This morning, rockets landed at the port itself, which was soon in flames. Russia could not let a point of accord pass without spicing it up with discord. Let no agreement blossom into celebration. From my stairwell in Odesa, I heard
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