Ukrainian drones hit 15 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov tonight, including seven tankers, Reuters reported, citing a statement by the commander of Ukraine's unmanned systems forces, Robert Brody, BTA reported.
The total number of Russian vessels hit in the past eight days has now reached 105, Brody wrote on Telegram.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Air Force said that last night they destroyed three Kh-59/69 cruise missiles and 123 unmanned aerial vehicles with which the Russian army attacked the northern, southern and eastern parts of Ukraine, Ukrinform reported. The air alert has not yet been canceled.
Three crew members of a foreign merchant ship were killed and five were injured as a result of the morning drone attack in the Odessa region, the chairman of the Odessa regional military administration Oleg Kiper reported on his Telegram channel.
"As a result of enemy shelling in the Odessa region, the port infrastructure was damaged. A moored merchant ship flying the flag of the Republic of Togo, which was transporting mineral fertilizers, caught fire", the regional governor informed.
"The wounded are in need of medical assistance. I express my sincere condolences to the relatives of the deceased," Oleg Kiper said.
In addition, Moscow's forces this morning again launched air strikes against the Odessa region, and according to initial data, at least four people were injured.
Four people were injured as a result of an attack on Odessa this morning, according to preliminary data cited by the chairman of the Odessa regional military administration Oleg Kiper on his Telegram channel, BTA reported.
"This morning, the Russians once again attacked the civilian infrastructure of Odessa and the region. As a result of shelling on the territory of one of the parking lots, 6 buses caught fire. Another 11 buses and 6 cars were damaged," Kiper reported.
Damage was caused to a building and the territory of a sanatorium, he added.
The relevant services are eliminating the consequences of the attacks.
Odessa and the region were attacked with missiles and drones from the Black Sea, local Telegram channels report.
The Bulgarians in the Odessa region number over 150,000 people and are the third largest according to the latest official census in Ukraine. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odessa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorod-Dniester regions.