Odesa in love and war - with Julian Evans

Explaining Ukraine by UkraineWorld

Apr 23, 202600:42:20News & Politics

Let’s travel for a moment. Imagine you are on the shore of the Black Sea, in Odesa—one of the most beautiful cities in Eastern Europe. Odesa possesses multiple identities and refuses to be trapped by a single definition....

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