Residents of Odessa formed a human chain to carry heavy sandbags from the beach onto waiting trucks. The third largest city in Ukraine located in the south of the country, Odessa is the main naval base of the Ukrainian Navy and the administrative center of the Odessa region. The city, standing on the shore of the Odessa Gulf of the Black Sea, is the largest commercial sea port of Ukraine. (Photo by Rick Mave / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)