Odesa Still In Russia’s Crosshairs, But Full-Scale Attack On Port City Regarded As Unlikely

ODESA, UKRAINE - MAY 27: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) An exterior view of a demolished by shelling shopping mall on May 27, 2022 in Odesa, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces, as well as civilians from Odesa, remain on guard against a potential Russian advance on this historic port city, whose capture could help give Russia control of Ukraine’s southern coast. But given Russia’s setbacks in this four-month-long war, including the sinking of its Black Sea Fleet’s flagship Moskva, analysts regard a full-scale attack on Odesa to be unlikely. (Photo by Yevhen Zinchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)