Russian troops flood Panamanian-flagged ship

Russian troops fired on and flooded the Panamanian-flagged ship HELT.

According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority announced this on Facebook.

"The Panamanian-flagged ship HELT was fired upon and received a hole below the waterline. The last report from the ship - a roll of 70 degrees. At 12:18, HELT disappeared from radars," the report reads.

According to the report, on March 2, a missile struck the Bangladesh-flagged ship Banglar Samriddhi on a raid at the port of Olbia. The rocket hit the superstructure. There was a fire on the ship, which was extinguished by tugboats. One crew member (Bangladeshi) was killed.

On March 1, on raid a at the Mykolaiv port two aggressor missiles hit a tug of the Nibulon company. There was a fire, which was extinguished.

On February 25, 2022, the aggressor fired on two foreign ships near the port of Yuzhny - NAMURA QUEEN (Panama) and MILLENNIUM SPIRIT (Moldova) on a raid in front of the ports of Yuzhny and Odesa. There was a fire, which in the event of an explosion could lead to environmental catastrophe.

Today there are 80 merchant ships flying the flags of different countries in the ports of Ukraine.

Entry from or exit to Ukrainian ports is closed due to mine danger and the threat of piracy by Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels in the Black and Azov Seas.

Cargo operations were almost suspended.