Bulk carrier hits mine in Black Sea, two people injured, Ukraine says
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[December 28, 2023]
(Reuters) -A Panama-flagged bulk carrier that was headed to a
River Danube port to load grain hit a Russian mine in the Black Sea on
Wednesday, injuring two crew members, Ukrainian officials said on
Thursday.
It was the latest incident of a civilian vessel hitting an explosive in
the Black Sea in what Kyiv says is stepped-up Russian attacks on
shipping and port infrastructure. |
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A view shows a Panama-flagged bulk carrier, which as reported by the
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on Thursday, was headed to a River
Danube port to load grain and has hit a mine in the Black Sea, in Odesa
region, Ukraine in this handout picture released December 28, 2023.
Press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine/Handout via
REUTERS |
"A
Panama-flagged civilian vessel was blown up on an enemy sea mine
in the Black Sea...The vessel lost its course and control, and a
fire broke out on the upper deck," Ukraine's southern military
command said on Telegram.
A captain and a sailor, an Egyptian citizen, were injured, with
the latter hospitalized in the city of Izmail, the head of the
Odesa regional prosecutor's office said at a briefing.
He added that the incident happened early on Wednesday at a
river mouth.
Moscow has increased attacks on Ukraine's port infrastructure
since mid-July, when it quit a U.N.-brokered deal that allowed
safe passage of Ukrainian grain shipments via the Black Sea.
Kyiv since has established an alternative route, which hugs the
western shores of the Black Sea. It said Russian forces have
been repeatedly dropping explosive devices in its vicinity.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, Editing by William Maclean, Angus
MacSwan and Christina Fincher)
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