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.
The inauguration ceremony took place in the heart of the city. This event marked the opening of the expansive educational building of Chabad Odessa, named Beit Ovadia.
Russia launched six Iranian-made Shahed drones and 10 cruise missiles, with Ukraine's forces destroying six drones and six missiles before they hit their target, the Air Force said.
The ceremony was attended by senior officials from the management of the SASA Setton organization, the management of the hospital, and the management of the Odessa municipality.
Two civilians were injured in a Russian drone attack on Ukraine's Danube port.
For the safety of residents and after incidents of mines exploding on beaches, the coast was closed.
This is the second time a Hillel building in Ukraine was damaged by Russian fire since the start of the war last year.
“Mass revenge” missile strikes damage Ukrainian ports and torch grain stores.
The RBC-Ukraine news agency reported that the city's largest Orthodox church, the Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral consecrated in 1809, had been severely damaged in the attacks.
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