Russian missile devastates Odesa’s Transfiguration Cathedral
Volunteers flock to the cathedral after Russia’s latest deadly strike
Tracer rounds streaked overhead as the pumping “rat-tat-tat” of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft guns that fired them mingled with the wail of the air-raid siren warning the people of Odesa to take shelter. Then came the flash and roar of rocket launches on the horizon, across the city bay.
Their trails blazed through the night sky as they searched for an incoming Russian cruise missile to intercept. Some faded out and fell over the open water. Others struck their targets, obscuring the stars with a blazing fireball. Yet Russia’s Onyx anti-ship missiles, repurposed to strike targets on the ground, are fast, and hard to hit.
The supersonic weapon is part of President Putin’s latest effort to bring Ukrainians to their knees. Having failed to destroy their
