Port pilot killed in Russian attack on merchant ship

According to multiple reports, a Russian missile attack on a civilian vessel entering the port of Pivdennyi in Odesa yesterday saw the Ukrainian port pilot killed and injured crewmembers.

Ukrainian national news agency Ukrinform says that the Russian army struck the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Kmax Ruler with a Kh-31P missile as it was entering port and that “as a result, the pilot was killed, and another port employee and three crewmembers, citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, were...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/port-pilot-killed-in-russian-attack-on-merchant-ship/

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