A foreign-flagged merchant vessel that was struck by Russian missiles on 19 July has sunk in the Black Sea off the coast of Odesa.

Two sailors are missing after Russian forces launched two strikes near a port in Odesa Oblast on a Palau-flagged vessel that was transporting maize.

Russia attacked a civilian cargo vessel flying the flag of Palau twice as it was departing a port in Ukraine's Odesa region. Two crew members are missing, while seven sailors and…