Russian forces attacked civilian merchant vessels in ports of Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region overnight on July 27. One person was killed and others were injured in the strikes.
This was reported by the state-owned Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority.
The vessels targeted by Russian fire have remained blocked in Ukrainian ports since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. They were not conducting commercial voyages.
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority described the attack as another deliberate Russian strike on civilian shipping and Ukraine’s port infrastructure.
“Attacks on vessels that have been unable to leave blocked ports for years once again demonstrate the systematic nature of Russian terror against the maritime sector and pose a direct threat to the lives of civilian seafarers,” the authority said.
Ukraine continues to document these crimes and is calling on the international maritime community to respond firmly to Russian attacks on the civilian merchant fleet.
