Yes, I have been told by people I know that English teachers are needed,
But moving to Ukraine or Russia will be a big change,
Russian is needed,
Basic shopping, you don't need many words, and basic words are easy,
Many russian words are spoken nearly exactly as they ate written, if written in English alphabet, like spasiba/ thank you.
You may say it somewhat incorrectly, but you will be understood,
Poca/ bye bye, or poca poca, but say it like this, paca.
Do search on internet on how to pronounce russian words.
By the way, odessa is particularly beautiful, in every way, women and all the rest.
Good luck