Odessa warrior women are waiting: Meet the fearsome women, armed to the teeth and ready to defend the port from a naval invasion
- In Odessa, women learn how to handle rifles to fight back Russian invaders
- Soldiers set up barricades on Ukrainian beaches as Russian warships lurk near them
- Residents fear that Odessa, a key stronghold, could be taken by sea
They may not be dressed in a military style, but these women training with machine guns show that Odessa is determined to fight back against the invaders.
The soldier standing on the barricade of sandbags on the shore even resembled Normandy in 1944.
But Russian warships are hiding over the horizon. The strategically important Black Sea port can determine the course of the war.
Members of the public learn how to handle weapons during a firearms training for civilians in Odessa, southern Ukraine, yesterday.
One of the participants of the Odessa training class takes aim at the target
Ukrainians in Odessa resorted to training to repel enemy invaders
Residents fear that Odessa will be taken by amphibious assault combined with an amphibious landing, effectively making Ukraine landlocked.
On Monday, it was shelled from the sea, the first time since the invasion, the Russian fleet sent an artillery gun to the city.
Yesterday he was on high alert, his air defense systems being shot down from the sky by Russian reconnaissance drones.
A Ukrainian soldier stands guard with a gun next to barricades on the beach near Lusanovka in Ukraine.
Participants in a lesson on handling civilian firearms take aim at a target
Local factory owner Ruslan Popkov, 50, admitted: “My dominant emotion is fear. The Russians intend to kill all of us, 35 million?
“Nevertheless, 10 percent of me feel a strange joy because the war will sever our ties with Russia once and for all.”