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‘My personal tragedy’: Ukrainians brace for attack on Odesa

FILE - People embark a train in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on March 23, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Some Western officials believe the city, which is dear to Ukrainians' hearts, could be next. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - A woman reacts while a train leaves from the train station in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on March 23, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Some Western officials believe the city, which is dear to Ukrainians' hearts, could be next. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - A child waves through the window of a train as people step on at the train station in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Some Western officials believe the city, which is dear to Ukrainians' hearts, could be next. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) FILE - A Ukrainian soldier smokes as he and another soldier stand guard behind sandbags and in front of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet building, in Odesa, Ukraine, March 24, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Some Western officials believe the city, which is dear to Ukrainians' hearts, could be next. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - Volunteers load a truck with potatoes in Odesa, on March 24, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Some Western officials believe the city, which is dear to Ukrainians' hearts, could be next. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - Anti- tank barricades are placed on a street as preparation for a possible Russian offensive, in Odesa, Ukraine, March 24, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Some Western officials believe the city, which is dear to Ukrainians' hearts, could be next. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - A man appears through shattered windows of a building after a shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, March 21, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Bombardment over the weekend led to fresh alarm. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky, File) FILE - Volunteers at a beach fill sandbags to defend their city, in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on March 23, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - The monument of the Duke of Richelieu, is covered with sandbags next to a carousel, in Odesa, Ukraine, on March 24, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Some Western officials believe the city, which is dear to Ukrainians' hearts, could be next. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FIEL - An elderly woman walks pass concrete blocks topped with sandbags at a street in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. Some Western officials believe the city, which is dear to Ukrainians' hearts, could be next. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - Volunteers load a vehicle with sandbags to defend the city, in Odesa, southern Ukraine, on March 23, 2022. The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)