‘We have a mission’: the Odesa artists refusing to abandon their studios

Small group of creatives are choosing to stay working in Ukrainian city despite continuous threat from warBehind a gate presided over by a taciturn doorman, on the shore of the Black Sea in Odesa, is a tumbledown ship repair yard. It is one of many industrial sites in Ukraine that fell into disuse after the fall of the Soviet Union, but in 2016 a community of young artists started cleaning up debris, renovating the old workshops and making studios.Now, in 2024, when the city is regularly pounded