And civilian bouquet Panamanian-flagged ship that was on its way to load grain at one of the Danube ports has collided with a mine in the Black SeaThe Ukrainian army reported on Thursday.
“The ship has lost direction and control, and a fire has broken out on the upper deck,” the military command of southern Ukraine reported on Telegram.
One person has been hospitalized and another has had to receive medical assistance on board. In addition, they have had to send tugboats to the place where the event occurred, the military added.
Moscow has increased attacks on port infrastructure of Ukraine since mid-July, when it abandoned a UN-brokered deal allowing the safe passage of Ukrainian grain shipments through the Black Sea.
kyiv has since established an alternative route skirting the western coast of the Black Sea. Russian forces have repeatedly launched explosive devices in its vicinity.