Odessa

Overall, Russia launched a total of 93 drones and two missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said, adding it downed 62 drones and one missile, and recorded hits at 20 locations.

Earlier on Sunday, several apartments and an industrial facility were damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack on the south Russian region of Saratov.

“This sacred building, constructed at the end of the 19th century, served as a place of prayer, hope, and spiritual strength for the Jewish community of Odesa,” wrote Rabbi Moshe Azman.

Russia has begun to recruit young Ukrainians as unwilling suicide bombers amid the third year of the Ukraine-Russia War.

At least four people were hospitalized in the capital as a result of the hours-long attacks that hit seven of the city's 10 districts, city officials said.

A Russian missile attack in Odesa destroyed several UNESCO-protected areas.

Viktor Kovchak, a Ukrainian-Jewish soldier wounded on the frontlines, attended the ceremony on crutches, assisted by Rabbi Avraham Wolff, the chief rabbi of southern Ukraine.

Diaspora Affairs - Amidst the echoes of war in Odesa, an unexpected revival unfolds. The city's Jewish community, with roots as deep as the Black Sea port itself, faces its greatest challenge yet.

There are currently 120 Jewish children housed in the Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa, Ukraine.

The multifarious population of the port city that sits at the northwest corner of the Black Sea in contemporary Ukraine included Jewish people of letters and painters.