A demonstrator pours water from a bottle to cool off during the Kyiv Pride Equality March, a rally in support of the rights of LGBTQ+ community members, in Kyiv on June 21, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP
Russian drones set fire to a cargo vessel en route to Ukraine and killed one of its crew, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Monday.
Moscow and Kyiv have escalated attacks on each other in recent weeks, as US-led talks on ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II remain effectively frozen.
“A drone strike set fire to a vessel sailing under the Panama flag. A crew member was killed — a 58-year-old cook, a citizen of Egypt,” Kuleba wrote on Telegram.
He said that eight sailors, including citizens of Turkey and India, fled the attack on a life raft, and that the vessel “sustained significant damage and lost seaworthiness”.
