Odessa ‘turned into a fortress’ as city readies for war • FRANCE 24 English
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- With its ornate architecture and striking sea views, Odessa has been called the "Pearl of the Black Sea". Now though, the Ukrainian city has been "turned into a fortress", according to its mayor, as residents prepare for a possible assault by invading Russian forces, with barricades, anti-tank obstacles and sandbags scattered throughout the once bustling streets to protect the city's treasured monuments.
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Beautiful city. May it and its people remain safe and well.
yes its beautiful ! slava ukraini
ive been in this city before. Its such a nice city with alot of monuments. lots of people always walking everywhere. Surreal seeing the streets now.
It's a beautiful place full of culture and musicians
It s Ancient Greece city
Poor people too live in such stress and knowing that your country is at war. In this century. Is overwhelming. 💛💙
Try come to South Africa, over 3,000 people have been murdered in that country in the same time since the invasion on January 25th. A question, where were you questioning when the Allies were killing tens of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan? Or is ok because they were allies doing the killing?
@@jamier7073 mate, i understand your frustration against "the west" and i will not go into a debate with you. My comment should not concern you, we are not bros we do not share the same ideology or opinion. I don't want to be ignorant about your examples i do not support wars in any way.
so sad.i hope that's it's beautiful architecture will remain safe and intact.
The three cities in Ukraine which must not fall at all costs for the country to survive:
Kyiv = the capital
Lviv = the connection with the west
Odessa = the connection to the sea
Kharkiv
It will must fall if zelenskey keeps begging west for help screaming victories guess what no one came help while getting his people killed
Mykolaiv is the most crucial city, Odessa isn’t as important. Mykolaiv is the key for the Russians to go deep into éwestern and South Ukraine and cut off Ukraines whole east flank from supply lines.
Lviv houses priceless art & artifacts too, I’m more worried about the people. Slava Ukraini ❤️🇺🇦👍✊🙏🇺🇸
@@quartinium6079 umm attacking lviv comes with a higher risk of forcing the west to declare war on on Russia. We have troops training them their and its super close to the border of Poland. If they miss and hit Poland than we are at war.
Looks like a beautiful city , historic buildings and fantastic people. I would like to go there one day and see for myself
Not for long. You really don't get it do you. Putin is willing to turn Ukraine into rubble.
@@hoodoo2001 You really needed to say that, you heartless and peasant imbecile?
Go now.
@Hoodoo Texas yes i do get it but i can also hope they don't. There is a reason they haven't done so already .
Plz you seem so fukcing cleaver why don't you explain why the Russians haven't took control of all the coastline
@@hoodoo2001 just another imbicile
Sending love & prayers that your beautiful city & your lives will be spared from this evil 🙏🏻
They will need it because if I am correct, Putin's main objective is Odessa.
It will make sense.
Chinese news suggests that the best units of the Russian army are in the east and south; this is proven from how Russia seized Mariupol, Melitopol and Kherson. Yet for them to link up in the north will be suicide given the state of the war (especially if the raspititsa takes place). Bombing cities can be useful for reducing local resistance, yet this means lots of money spent, supplying troops and guarding them; each day the Russian army spends bombing cities and not properly getting at the Ukrainian army leaves them far more open and vulnerable to counterattack. Ukraine's open terrain also makes them open targets for bombs and drones - we have seen from USA's reluctance to provide a no-fly zone that Ukraine still has aerial power of any worth.
All Putin can do is to keep chipping away in the south, hoping that his forces can take Odessa in time. However, it seems that NATO is eager to give him a bloody nose and force some sort of regime change. There is talk that the Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, is furious because Putin refused to let him use the best units for the invasion, they are mostly in the Wagner group, or in Putin's National Guard. Yes, there is no denying that Russia has some crack regulars, but not enough committed to the war to speed up the invasion as Putin wanted.
🤣🤮 the best , Demon 🤮🤮🤮🤮.
I was born there. My dad is still there. It’s a gorgeous city that I only hope will be spared the brunt of this horror
Then tell them to surrender peacefully. Tell them to take up the white flag and stop playing hero . Let’s all be realistic for once
@@shelbahiperales6767 imbicile and bootlicker.
Special military operation denazifying ukrania
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Odessa future zombies city.
@@ALC6501 sick and very very poor
One silver lining of this war is that it has shown me, and I'm sure many other people, what a beautiful and majestic country Ukraine is. Even with all the sandbags and hedgehogs, the art and beauty of Odessa has captured my heart. I will most definitely visit it after the war. I just pray that much of the city could be spared so I'm not too late
I felt the exact same way. I'm an American living in Romania, now I want to see Ukraine after the war, especially Odessa.
Check out the Union Hall that the Nazi Youth torched with Russians still inside it might remind you of how this conflict began.....
@@danielhutchinson6604 don’t let the truth get in the way of the Americans fairytale mate.
Heart breaking to think of destruction that may come...
Yep, on the bright side, it will be rebuild.
Thanks to NATO
The most beautiful city in the world!
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We pray for Odessa, Please God be with the Ukrainian poeple of Odessa Show your power God against evil.
Wow. Yea fortress can prevent the arrows and spears and the rockets, missiles and mortar too
My prayers are with you.
God Bless and Good Luck 🍀
Where is the magnet trucks for those anti tank obstacles.
0:24 Great to see Ross Kemp doing his bit in the service of Ukraine! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦👍
The worst may come in the form of a (mass) attack from the sea😔✌ International community should stop this right now!, it's unbelievable😔
And how, pray, should "they" do that? Quit wishing for pie. Or else come up with a useful suggestion.
Many people here, in this video, including mayor has Russian last names. Many people on the Russian side has Ukrainian last names. Very scary times indeed
They are littarely siblings.
Those vehicle obstacles are set on good places. Yet another defense could be to weld and chain them all together or mine them. Even bombed or simply towing them off becomes more time consuming for the lead vehicle.The action of a vehicle dragging it or even stopping is increased perhaps. As they act as a chain of barriers or an anchor ⚓. Then the other vehicles in the column are stopped to wait. Classic ambush intersecting fields of fire.. 5 or 6 vehicles at a time. Over 100 such battles with over a thousand vehicles struck. 9000 Russian soldiers have died. Tow their wrecked vehicles into place on the edge of town. Here you go.
Yes, and also use hollow construction materials like sewer pipes to make obstructions. Inside a pipe, you can create a booby trap that forces the other side to be much more careful about obstruction clearing.
I pity the Russians who decide to storm the beach of Odessa. It will be an Omaha Beach 2.0, only they won't make it past the shore break
They can't even feed the army they have in the field now. There won't be an invasion of the city, it will be destroyed by long distance artillery by a petulant murderous tyrant.
Beautiful Black Sea port city! Sorry to say I never visited. I prefered Constanta in Romania instead. Now I regret never going.
It will recovery, then you could visit🇺🇦🇪🇺
Next video please only use white captions. The blue letters are very difficult read.
Hope the peace talk will end the war. Avoid using human shield. Pray the peace come true
But what would u say about the history of this place,wheather it will get vanished
Such a lovely city. Hopefully Russia wont attack Odessa the pearl of the Black Sea
Surrender save lives
@@mervinschochenmaier4161 Spoken like a coward.
@@mervinschochenmaier4161 Bootlicker and coward.
@@mervinschochenmaier4161 Really so Odessa should surrender and not fight to the last blood?
@@stevegrover8220 Won't be much of a city then.
Russian troops don't have to enter Odessa. They will park battleships off the coast.
....to serve as targets for the Ukainean's missiles and artillery,good job ,generalissimo
They'll make great dive spots for future tourists. Great idea!
The city looks nice... maybe a summer vacation there to help the UA economy after this is over might be a good idea.
I've just posted the same thoughts 👍
You probably have a rescue dog too - and tell everyone about it to get warm fuzzies. How's your housecleaner from Guatemala? People like you. Full of BS.
I don't think Odessa is invadable
You clearly do not known how the Russians wage war. Just look at what they did in mariupol. 90% destroyed. The people fled to rural side. The city is gone.
@@12villages judging by how the Russians are waging this war he is right Odessa to them might not be capturable (atleast not to capture and hold it for long). Destroying it and "capturing" the ruins well thats certainly within the Russians power
Seriously those are meant to stop battle tanks. It just means they will use more rounds and damage more in clearing them.
Take good care of you god bless you all.👍❤
It's has beautiful buildings
which all were built by Russians as founders of this city
Thank you France.
Meh. Need offensive weapons Exocet ant ship missiles and IED's planted everywhere vehicles too.
Been to Odessa old town beautiful city, they won't take Odessa.
Peace is need to prevail on both nations
Interesting the city did not sand bag Catherine the Great statute
It is not a surprise. Catherine II - enemy of Ukraine. )
But she founder of Odessa. U need to remember history
@@stevegrover8220 It doesn't matter. She is not someone the current public cares that much about.
@@kensmith5694 well that’s terrible people don’t appreciate history :-( All people care about now if free wi fi and Starbucks coffee
@@stevegrover8220 When under a death threat people have to assign priorities. The threat comes from the Russians. Do the Russians care about her? If they do then it should be left unprotected and the fact of that should be advertised.
May God intervene quickly.
Dont forget those helicopter gunships.
Strange but the monument of Odessa founder Ekaterina stayed unsheltered. This is all what you need to know about Ukranians.
In WW2, we Romanians attacked Odessa, we fought along Nazi Germany, Hitler asked us to keep fighting for him. We captured the city after almost 3 months, with heavy loses. Even after capturing, our soldiers were target of all sort of bomb attacks. Eventually Romanian army reached Crimea, where it was massacred. It's a different story, but it is so sad, to see all these could happen again in 2022. It's really heartbreaking.
@@igorivanov2189 ok bot.
Impoverished Romanians 4 sure!
@@igorivanov2189 ALright tank you Iggor. Look at those clearly fascist odessians guards in the city and see how tRuLy fAscist they are.
You almost feel death is coming
Odessa is using the motto of France.
God protect these brave soles.
Azov??? 🤔
Soles?
Our hearts prayers love to you. I just ordered a Ukraine flag for my yard. UTAH USA! GO UKRAINE!
AZOV flag?
Moscow should be turned to ash for this.
Just count the time in reverse
God Bless Odessa
Slava Ukraini
They should protect what they can fully. More important is the fact that even if the worst happens because of criminally destructive adversity, it is an opportunity to rebuild outdated vintage Soviet era facilities with the most modernly efficient future ready systems. Most of the time , recycled change is good for humankind although the effects thereof are often painful to an extent. Evil cannot be wished away but good can replace evil always and everytime with progressive growth facilitated.
This must be where Zerlenksy is going to have his last stand
I wouldn't bet on that if I was a Russian. It is not one man's last stand. It is the last stand of a nation. This will likely be out in the countryside if it comes to that. Russia has enough troops to take the cities but nowhere near enough to hold all the land. It will be long and extremely bloody.
Did you notice "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" on the barricade? They're so getting into the EU once the Russians are fully defeated.
What does it mean?
Liberate Egalite Actualite?
@@prabhurajswami285 Liberty, equality and fraternity. It's the national motto of France.
Eu is not nato however.
@@abcddef2112 Ukraine always stated since it ousted its Putin puppet in 2014 that joining the EU would be the best step economically and the first step towards becoming part of NATO.
@@lyubabryanska7577 😅😅🤣😅🤣
I have a feeling like Putin has a soft heart for Odessa, especially considering the fact that the mayor is speaking Russian, as do a lot of people in Odessa.
You can clearly see how good some Mayors are in Ukraine and some are not as effective. Props to those who do everything they can.
Let's be real, blocking roads with sandbags looks good in the news, but will do absolutely nothing to stop any advance into the city. If that Mayor is as good as you say he is, than let's hope he knows at what point to hand over the keys to his city rather than watching it reduced to rubble.
Odessa has had weeks to plan & fortify, comparing them with other cities within artillery/missile range is just unfair.
@@archeopterix22
If all the people are all as weak as you, this world is now being ruled just by one man and everyone is doing everything he can to please him. 😊 Anyway, what made you such an expert in warfare? A slow moving or stationary vehicle is always an easier target than fast moving one. Right?
This anti-tank objects need to be welded together otherwise tank will just push them out of the way
They aren't reading your suggestions. In fact they don't care what you think. Worry about yourself. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@@stophate2023 you worry about yourself I stead of replying maybe?
They're coming by sea.
The NLAW ‘Widow maker”, the perfect tool for opening tin cans when the `russian come knocking on the door of Odessa.
It's a shame all this beautiful architecture is being destroyed. Just like ISIS did in Iraq!
Hopefully, more defensive arms are coming into Odessa now so their resistance forces have something to "greet" the aggressors with 😉
Odessa is surrounded by Russians & all supplies are now cut off. Sorry.
I wonder if the Javelin could be of use when Russian ships move closer to shore. May not sink one but they would know they've been touched.
🤞not sure, but good to try. 👍✊❤️🇺🇦🌻🌻🌻🌻
@@igorivanov2189 Russia is nearing the end of its missile supply and cant afford to produce more LMFAO. Also the Javelin is already shown it's highly effective at killing Russian tanks. Russian soldiers have already been recorded testifying to its deadly effects.
The Javelin can defeat landing craft, but a little more range wouldn't go amiss. We have the Israeli Spike for the purpose, which can reach out and touch amphibious forces from distances of up to 5 km, while the Javelin can manage only half of that.
keep strong. Ukraine.
Go, Russia! Take back Ukraine and recreate the USSR. Don't let NATO have it. We support you from India.
I’d be putting mines out everywhere, digging up traps, bar wire everything possible. Make them earn that city
I believe they put 420 sea mines on the coast but they have floated off into the black sea.
A story from WW2.
A small town wanted to delay the germans so the population could flee. They collected all the dinner plates. They put some face down on the road over about 1/3rd their very limited supply of landmines. After that they continued to place plates face down with nothing but some disturbed earth showing. After that they put some more mines under plates and then more with no mines. A small group of people with very little equipment slowed the germans down to a walking speed with that.
Hey lets worry about the war that's going on here and our children first.
u keep filming fortifications along with visible marks, it doesnt do any good.
They call a few sandbags a fortress?
It shields the statue covered by it.
There are 2500 km of tunnels under the city, if Ukrainians are intent on holding it they have had 8 years to prepare. Would require a D-day level of forces to take it.
@@1skippysmooth Yeah, staying underground and surviving like a rat doesn't mean you've defended the city, eventually even the rats need to come out for air.
@@fmar.8311 They are people not rats. Study Iwo Jima multiply x 10.
@@fmar.8311 lol this comment screams that you dont understand military tactics.
The guy spoke 100% pure Russian language
The Orcs will pay for their crimes
lol what? Are you trying to say this is all fiction?
@@Khono no its what alot in Ukraine are calling the Russian invaders
We all stand with you, Ukraine! God bless Ukraine! 🇺🇦 🇬🇪
You need French antiship missles
Odessa gets more fortified everyday 👍 🇺🇦
Odesa or Odessa?🤨
They are protecting statues. That would trigger the yanks who hate most kind of statues.
The only status yanks hate are those of traitors.
Odessa will not be attacked... It has a lot of Ethnic Russians living there.
These barricades would not help and save the insurgent, mercenaries or militaries. Only smart talk between the defense authoritative leader in Odesa will save the city, inhabitants, and everyone. Just like Crimea did. Crimean won the war and prosper, they loose some unnecessary ego but preserve lives and continued establishment just like Czechoslovakia in WW2.
They can’t barricade missile 😝
russia still has the skys and the sea.. ukrainians have afew sand bags and calling it a fortress just because people chant ukrainians are gonna win doesnt mean they will.... just like if you believe something hard enough it will become true all disney fairy tales
God I asked... Plz grant wat I prayed for day n night.. Only by your command and use your power to take control.. Take the lead... Spirits be move...now n 4evar n ever
Hold on, FREEDOM FOR UKRAINE🇺🇦
It's Odesa in Ukrainian not 'OdeSSa'. Odessa with two SS comes from Russian pronunciation
0:30 🏌❎🏋 🏋➡🏌
Does anyone know if there are any anti-ship missles in country to take out the numerous Russian amphibian and support vehicles currently in the Black Sea?
No. They are gone.
Me think Putin may just used old method of conquer starvation and troops around cut water supply and food Odessa is old historical town Russian art museums
Everyone whom I know and stay in Odessa wanted to go beck and live there nice climate too !
What you gonna builed for 40000 Sir Ian fighters?
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Ukraine Peace song
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It is a Russian city built by Catherine the Great, it should be returned to Russia.
Anyway, why is Odessa getting ready for war. I thought the Ukrainians were advancing into Kherson and Crimea. What is going on ?
I don't think they will invade Odessa yet. If they want to they would already start shelling of potential targets. And its quiet there. Sky clear.
Russian forces got bigger problems in Mariupol and in the East of Dnieper river which i think is their main target. So i dont think they will attack odessa yet. Stretching forces like that would be a terrible idea
History shows. . fortress do fall
Stop putin Defend Ukraine Defend the West Defend Freedom 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
⚡If the West wants peace, then it would be right to spend money not for military supplies to Kiev, but for humanitarian assistance to civilians.
tell it to Putin to stop the war, so peace can be achieved.
Putin invaded - the West has responded with aid and is providing humanitarian help. Russia continues to destroy civilian homes just like in Chechnya, Georgia and Syria while blocking many refugees path to safety and access to food. It’s what Russia does.
The Orcs are losing, but until they surrender the aid is divided between military and humanitarian. So if Russia wants to help THEY need to leave Ukraine now.
I hope they are sandbagging the EAST and NORTH of Odessa. The Russian troops will be attacking Odessa from East and North and then if possible from the sea. The weakness of Odessa defenses are in the East and North.
Singapore( impregnable from south) all over again.
Too much
The preparation goes to show the people of urkraine will not give up but instead protect the land from the russian.Alot of Russians are not going far as their troops don't want to fight anymore.
Pls.pray the Rosary & Devine Mercy Chaplet for peace in RUSSIA and UKRAINE..Pls. pray for peace and joy on all families and home..
Such pity. Would love travel to see Odessa without Russia war
Beautiful city. Russia has ownership of this city?
"If Russia advances on Kherson" Russia took Kherson weeks ago. These news are so unreliable.
You can almost guarantee the Ukrainian Navy has some nice surprises cooked up in store for the Russians
@@igorivanov2189 Don't be so cruel - he's just standing nearby.
@@igorivanov2189 You are not smart. What else makes up a Navy other than ships Palawan?
Fun fact: The Russians are nowhere near Odessa.They don´t even seem to try and are seemingly happy with blocking it with their Black Sea fleet.
There is a certain likelyhood that the Russians will only appear after they have seized the cities in eastern and central Ukraine.
I don’t think your “fact” is all that “fun”.
odessa remembers 2014, they're already making battalions to help russia, but yeah you will never show it
Не болтайте ерундой
Many Odessans have a historical memory, not everyone was burned in the house of trade unions, where are their interviews or do they not trust your journalists?
Unfortunately, after the escalation, the local Security Service of Ukraine detains and eliminates those who held pro-Russian views. They do the same with relatives of people who were burned alive in 2014.
Troll. Go away.