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Chabad efforts secure Odesa posting for Breslov Hasid detained over Ukraine draft

A 49-year-old Israeli citizen drafted into the Ukrainian military after traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah will serve as a doctor in Odesa instead of a feared combat posting near Kharkiv.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

Jonathan Karlinsky, an Israeli-Ukrainian drafted into the Ukrainian army.

Danny with his personal caregiver, Mushki.

Danny, my child of the year

Who is the wide-eyed boy who stands at the window every morning at Mishpacha Ukraine in Odessa, and what is the story behind him - a story no one planned to tell.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2026|ByIN COOPERATION WITH MISHPACHA UKRAINE

mokes rises after a Russian ballistic missile strike hit a roadway in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, where a traffic-light control electrical cabinet caught fire and windows were shattered in nearby residential buildings on July 11, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Eight dead, dozens wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones

Eleven people were wounded in the capital, Kyiv, by an attack that used ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones.

JULY 11, 2026|ByREUTERS

The entrance sign to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October 24, 2023, Jerusalem, Israel.

Israeli philanthropies expand educational centers for injured children in Ukraine

A similar educational center has already opened in Odesa, and organizers are considering expanding the initiative to additional parts of Ukraine.

JULY 10, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ukraine says 1.5 million in Odesa region without power after Russia strikes

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's office said two power facilities in Odesa region were hit by Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones.

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByREUTERS

Ukrainian service members walk next to destroyed buildings, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, on Snake (Zmiinyi) Island, in Odesa region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 7, 2022.

Why is Ukraine's 'breakthrough' in Kherson strategically important?

Ukrainian forces reached all the way to Dudchany, 40 km from established front lines and into territories freshly annexed by Russia just last week.

OCTOBER 4, 2022ByROMAN MEITAV

Tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces drive during military drills at a training ground near the border with Russian-annexed Crimea in Kherson region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine press service November 17, 2021.

A tour guide carries on in war-torn Odesa

Olga Bokhonovskaya is continuing the virtual tours over Zoom that she began when COVID-19 hit.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022ByBEN G. FRANK

THE INTERIOR of the historic Main Synagogue, aka the Great Synagogue, which is now closed.

Russia to Turkey: We had 'nothing to do' with strike on Odesa port

Two Russian missiles hit the port of Odesa on Saturday but caused no significant damage.

JULY 23, 2022ByREUTERS

Firefighters work at a scene after a shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues in a location given as Odesa, Ukraine in this picture obtained from social media released on July 19, 2022.

UK says Russia concentrating for attack on Ukraine's city of Siversk

Russian forces are likely pausing to replenish before undertaking new offensive operations in the Donetsk Oblast, the Ministry of Defence said in a Twitter update.

JULY 8, 2022ByREUTERS

Ukrainian service members install a national flag on Snake (Zmiinyi) Island, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Odesa region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 7, 2022.

Ukraine-Russia War: Russian says it seized Lysychansk Oil Refinery - RIA

Russian missiles struck an apartment building and two holiday camps near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa early on Friday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens.

JULY 1, 2022ByREUTERS, AARON REICH