Eighteen months after the start of the war, about 20% of Ukrainian territory is occupied by Russia.
The port city of Odesa, “the pearl of the Black Sea,” has been repeatedly attacked by missiles and drones but strenuously defended from invasion by Ukrainian military forces.
Located in Odesa, the Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the NAMS of Ukraine, one of the largest tertiary referral centers in the country, continues to provide highly specialized ophthalmological care and has a large ocular trauma department working incessantly to treat war injuries. To learn