Russia Hits Port in Odessa Region During Unloading of European Munitions
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian troops have destroyed a container ship with ammunition delivered to the Ukrainian armed forces from Europe during their unloading at the Yuzhnyi port of the Odessa region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"The Iskander-M missile defense system of the Russian armed forces launched a missile strike at the unloading site of a container ship with ammunition in the Yuzhnyi port of the Novi Biliari settlement, Odessa region ... A naval vessel delivered a shipment of ammunition and weapons to the port of the Odessa region from Europe," the defense ministry said in a statement.
The strike was carried out at the time of ammunition unloading and resulted in the detonation of munitions, the ministry said, adding that the vessel caught fire.
A Russian Iskander-M missile struck a container ship unloading ammunition at the port of Yuzhny in Ukraine's Odessa region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, which released footage of the vessel's destruction.
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