A ship hit by a Russian missile at a Ukraine port over the weekend was not part of any military activity and was due to load a cargo of Ukrainian grain, its managers said.
Piraeus-based AK Shipping confirmed the ship struck early on Sunday in Yuzhny was the 6,273-dwt general cargo ship Paresa (built 1992).
TradeWinds had reported earlier that the Russian defence ministry confirmed its forces struck an unidentified vessel in Yuzhny with an Iskander M-type missile.
