Russian drone damaged a vessel carrying sunflower oil in the Black Sea: one dead, seven injured.
In the Black Sea, a Russian drone damaged a commercial vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag, which was transporting rapeseed oil; a superstructure on the ship caught fire. According to the head of the Odesa Oblast administration, Oleh Kiper, one person died, and seven others were injured. Kiper called attacks on civilian shipping a violation of international law and a threat to global food security.
In the Black Sea, a Russian drone damaged a commercial vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag, which was transporting rapeseed oil. A section of the ship's superstructure caught fire. According to Oleg Kiper, head of the Odesa regional military administration, one person died and seven others were injured as a result of the attack.
Keiper stated that Russia's deliberate attacks on civilian shipping and port infrastructure constitute a gross violation of international law and pose a threat to global food security.
The day before, Russian drones attacked a civilian vessel flying the Turkish flag, which was transporting corn in the neutral waters of the Black Sea. The captain of the vessel died, and another person is considered missing.
This is not the first attack on civilian shipping: On October 3, a sailor-mechanic died and three other crew members were injured as a result of a Russian strike on a cargo vessel flying the flag of Liberia in one of the ports of Odesa region.