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Odesa strikes (2022–present) During the southern Ukraine offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city of Odesa and the surrounding region have been the target of shelling and air strikes by Russian forces on multiple occasions since the conflict began, fired predominantly from Russian warships situated offshore in the Black Sea.
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) [ a ] is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre.
Judaism, Atheism. The history of the Jews in Odesa dates to 16th century. Since the modern city's founding in 1795, Odesa has been home to one of the largest population of Jews in what is today Ukraine. They comprised the largest ethno-religious group in the region throughout most of the 19th century and until the mid-20th century.
Time in Ukraine is defined as UTC+02:00 and in summer as UTC+03:00. Part of Eastern European Time, it is locally referred to as Kyiv Time (Ukrainian: Київський час, romanized: Kyivskyi chas). On 16 July 2024, the Ukrainian parliament voted to cease observing daylight saving time.
Before 2022, Russia occupied 42,000 km 2 (16,000 sq mi) of Ukrainian territory (Crimea, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk), and occupied an additional 119,000 km 2 (46,000 sq mi) after its full-scale invasion by March 2022, a total of 161,000 km 2 (62,000 sq mi) or almost 27% of Ukraine's territory. [9] By 11 November 2022, the Institute for the ...
1937 – Mass murder of around 1,000 Poles during the Polish Operation of the NKVD. [21] 1941. August 8-October 16: Siege of Odesa. October 17: Axis occupation begins. October 22–24: 1941 Odesa massacre. Odesa becomes capital of Romanian -administered Transnistria Governorate. [citation needed] 1944.
During martial law a public holiday is not a non-working day. [10]Easter postcard (by Jacques Hnizdovsky). Before the Orthodox Church of Ukraine [11] [12] and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church [13] switched to the Revised Julian calendar in September 2023 all religious holidays were observed according to the Julian calendar, since then Christmas is officially celebrated on 25 December. [5]
Animated population pyramid since 1989 Ukrainian population density by raion. According to the United Nations, Ukraine has a population of 37.9 million as of 2024. [5]In July 2023, Reuters reported that due to refugee outflows, the population of Ukrainian-controlled areas may have decreased to 28 million, [6] a steep decline from Ukraine's 2020 population of almost 42 million.