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No battle today.Just lobbed a few missiles and went home.
This is from 3/8 but one of best analysis i’ve seen.
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“capturing Odessa has little immediate strategic value. The city is blockaded by the Russian Black Sea fleet and is located in a relatively isolated corner of southwestern Ukraine. Second, an operation to capture the city would be fairly difficult. Advancing overland would involve crossing several rivers whose bridges could be destroyed to slow Russia’s advance. Additionally, the supply line from Kherson to Odessa would be 200 kilometers long and exposed to Ukrainian attack from the north. Amphibious and airborne landings are difficult too. Ukrainian forces at Odessa have had over a week to prepare defenses. Much of the coastline is made up of cliffs making any amphibious landing only feasible at a handful of nearby beaches. There are videos of some of these beaches being mined, in additional to other defenses being prepared. An airborne landing would be difficult, as Ukrainian anti-air defenses are still functional and American airborne early warning intelligence is being reported to the Ukrainians. I believe instead Russia will keep the prospect of an advance on Odessa possible in order to keep Ukrainian forces tied down in the city. During the early days of the war there were repeated rumors of Russian air and amphibious assaults on Odessa, and on day 8 (March 4th) the Black Sea fleet made a very public appearance near Odessa. I suspect all of this is simply Russian strategic deception meant to keep Ukrainian forces near Odessa and not sent to Kiev or elsewhere.”
https://cartographer.substack.com/p/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-day-12?s=r