Ukraine has accused Russia this Saturday of causing the death of a sailor in an attack against a civilian merchant ship in a port in the Odesa region, an action that has also resulted in three more injuries among the crew.
According to the Ukrainian Maritime Ports Administration, the target of the attack was a freighter sailing under a Liberian flag, which forced the immediate evacuation of 13 crew members.
The Ukrainian agency has emphasized that "This is another selective attack by the Russian Federation against civilian navigation. Russia continues to terrorize the peaceful merchant fleet and the sailors who risk their lives daily for the operation of Ukrainian maritime routes."
For the moment, Russian authorities have not offered any official reaction or comment on this incident recorded in Ukrainian waters.