One killed, three injured in Russian strike on cargo ship

A crew member was killed and three other sailors were injured in a Russian attack on a cargo ship in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. The cargo ship, sailing under the Liberian flag, was attacked on October 3. The sailor killed was a motor engineer.

The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority reported that 13 other crew members were evacuated from the vessel. According to the Kyiv Independent, this is yet another deliberate attack by Russia on civilian shipping.

Russia has been regularly targeting ports and civilian shipping since Ukraine established its own Black Sea maritime corridor in August 2023. The attack comes amid an international call for Russia to halt attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea and allow the passage of grain exports.

Brief written by urgent.news from Qatar Tribune, New Voice of Ukraine, Kyiv Independent — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.