Russian drones hit two ships in the Black Sea approaching ports in Ukraine's Odesa region on Monday, including a Chinese-owned cargo vessel, Ukrainian authorities said, after a night of Russian attacks on the area. Ukraine's seaports authority said that the strikes had hit two civilian vessels, one under the Marshall Islands flag and another under the Guinea-Bissau flag, both of which were heading to ports in the region. The Ukrainian navy reported a strike on the Ksl Deyang, which it described as a Chinese-owned cargo ship sailed by a Chinese crew under the Marshall Islands flag. It posted a photo of the ship showing its name, with one of its sides partially charred. Read moreUkraine launches around 600 drones at Russia, Zelensky claims ‘justified’ attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X that a Russian drone had hit a vessel owned by China. Russia had attacked the nearby Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa with drones overnight, Ukrainian officials said. A source told Reuters that the Deyang was without cargo at the time of the attack early on Monday, heading to load iron ore concentrate in Ukraine's Pivdennyi port in the Odesa region. The vessel did not sustain significant damage, there were no casualties and the fire caused by the strike was extinguished by the crew, the source added. Russia has repeatedly targeted maritime export routes more than four years after its invasion of Ukraine, striking ports vital to foreign trade and the wartime economy. More than 30 wounded More than 30 people were wounded earlier on Monday after Russia launched hundreds of drones and nearly two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow has been pummelling Ukrainian cities since it invaded more than four years ago but the latest Russian attack comes after both sides traded some of their bloodiest strikes in months. Russia targeted the industrial city of Dnipro south of the capital, and the mayor published images on social media showing windows blown out of residential buildings. "Twenty-six people were wounded. The enemy attacked six districts of the region with missiles, drones, artillery and aerial bombs," Oleksandr Ganzha, the head of the region, said. Ukraine's air force said it downed most of the 546 drones launched by Russian forces, but just four out of 22 missiles (FRANCE 24 with Reuters and AFP)
Russian drones hit two ships off Ukraine's coast, including Chinese-owned vessel
Russia launched hundreds of drones and nearly two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, hitting two ships in the Black Sea near Ukraine's Odesa region and wounding more than 30 people. Ukrainian authorities…











