Attack on Ukraine grain ship blamed on poor targeting procedures from Russian pilots using ageing munitions

A missile attack on a Ukraine grain ship in the Black Sea last month was likely the result of poor, hasty targeting by a panicked Russian pilot using unreliable munition, the UK military said.

In its daily Ukraine war briefing issued on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) revisited the case of the 27,300-dwt Aya (built 1997), which was hit on 11 September just outside Ukrainian waters.