A Ukrainian was killed and five foreigners were injured in a Russian missile strike on the Black Sea port of Odessa (south), which hit a civilian boat on Monday evening, the prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday.
The Black Sea is a crucial trade route for Ukraine, one of the world’s largest grain producers and exporters, but it has become a naval battlefield since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
The missile attack hit a boat flying the flag of Palau, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement.
A 60-year-old employee of a logistics company was killed and five foreigners, members of the boat’s crew, were injured, added the prosecution, which did not specify the nationality of the injured.
Odessa region also affected
Russia also launched a drone attack on the Odessa region overnight Monday to Tuesday, damaging a residential building and a business in the port city of Chornomorsk, near Odessa, the prosecutor’s office said.
“The Russian aggressors (…) terrorized the Odessa region for four hours with their combat drones,” added the regional governor, Oleg Kiper, in a press release.
This drone attack did not cause any casualties, but caused fires in several apartments in the affected building, he added, while assuring that “most” of the drones were able to be shot down by the defense. aerial.
