Russia announced a strike on a merchant ship heading to Odesa

Russia has claimed responsibility for the attack on a merchant ship in the Black Sea, which was heading to Odesa.

This was reported by the Bulgarian publication Maritime.bg.

The name of the ship is not being disclosed at this time. According to preliminary data, there are Turkish citizens among the crew members.

Maritime.bg noted that the message from the Russian side confirmed the information previously received by the publication about the attack on a merchant ship near the Ukrainian Black Sea port.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the ship was allegedly “transporting military cargo”.

At the moment, there is no information about the casualties among the sailors. There is also no information about pollution as a result of the attack.

Earlier, USM reported that over the past 24 hours, four merchant ships were attacked in the western part of the Black Sea, eight people died.