Port of Odesa

• Russian forces captured territory along a frontline river in eastern Ukraine
• Moscow’s separatist proxies claimed to have captured Toshkivka, a town on the mostly Ukrainian-held western bank of the Siverskyi Donets River, south of Sievierodonetsk, which has become the main battlefield city in recent weeks.
• In Odesa, Ukraine’s biggest Black Sea port, a food warehouse was destroyed in a Russian missile attack.

Source: Financial Post

Previous Year Questions

Q.1) Consider the following pairs: (2022)

Regions in News                    Country

1. Anatolia –                       Turkey
2. Amhara –                        Ethiopia
3. Cabo Delgado –              Spain
4. Catalonia –                      Italy

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

1. Only one pair
2. Only two pairs
3. Only three pairs
4. All four pairs

Q.2) Consider the following pairs: (2018)

Regions sometimes mentioned in news                     Country

1. Catalonia                                             —                Spain
2. Crimea                                                 —               Hungary
3. Mindanao                                           —               Philippines
4. Oromia                                                —               Nigeria

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 3 and 4 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 2 and 4 only