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Odesa’s historic sites damaged in Russian missile strikes

Odesa’s past is intertwined with some of Russia’s most revered figures, including Catherine the Great and author Leo Tolstoy.

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A church personnel inspects damages inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23, following Russian missile attacks. In just a week, Russia has fired more than 125 missiles and drones at the Odesa region, hitting the historic city center that had been largely spared since the beginning of the war.
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A boy kisses the statue of Jesus while helping clean up inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral after the church was heavily damaged in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23.
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A church personnel salvages items while helping clean up inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral after it was heavily damaged in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23.
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A group of nuns pray outside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23, following Russian missile attacks.
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Damaged painting sit on a pile of debris outside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, July 24, following Russian missile attacks.
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A boy plays in a park near the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23.
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Darts are stuck on a paper target made with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a popular beachside attraction in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23. Ever since Ukrainian independence, Odesa saw itself differently than other major Ukrainian cities, because of its long, conflicted history with both Ukraine and Russia and an outlook that stretched far beyond the borders of both.
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A resident walks through the rubble of an apartment building destroyed in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23.
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A man works on the rubble of an apartment building destroyed in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23.
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Tourists sit in a sightseeing bus as a small crowd gather on a bridge to view buildings destroyed in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23.
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A boy dives into the water at a popular beach attraction along the shore of the Black Sea in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23.
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A man casts a fishing net into the Black Sea in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23.
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Stars are seen in the sky during a brief blackout in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, July 24.
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Two street vendors chat in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, July 24.
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A worker hangs butchered meat on a rack at Privoz Market in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, July 24.
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A worker walks into the courtyard of an apartment building past a gate painted with the Ukrainian flag in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, July 24.

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