Inside the battle that stopped Russia from surrounding Odessa

The World

Earlier this month, the southwestern Ukrainian community of Voznesensk beat back a Russian attack that could have allowed Kremlin forces to cut off the vital port city of Odessa. Host Marco Werman spoke with the Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign affairs correspondent, Yaroslav Trofimov, who reported this week from the site of the decisive two-day battle.

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