Panamanian, Barbadian vessels damaged by attack in Ukrainian waters

Two vessels under Panamanian and Barbadian flags were damaged after being attacked while moving through Ukraine's Black Sea navigation corridor, the Ukrainian Ports Authority said on Wednesday.



The authority, writing on Telegram, said one vessel was headed for the port of Odesa, critical to Ukrainian exports, with a cargo of metal, while the second was carrying grain and had left the port.



Both were operating within the navigation corridor set up by Ukrainian authorities intended to allow ships to travel through the Black Sea to Romanian ports on the Danube River.



The governor of Odesa region, Oleh Kiper, said on Telegram that Russian drones had carried out the attacks. The Russian defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.