A UN humanitarian ship was hit in a Russian attack on ports in the Odessa region

Ukrainian Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Vitalii Koval posted this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

“On the night of October 10, the terrorist state again launched a ballistic missile attack on the ports, killing eight people and injuring 11,” he said.

A ship carrying 45 containers of packaged sunflower oil was also attacked. “This shipment was a humanitarian shipment commissioned by the United Nations for delivery to Palestine,” Koval explained.

He emphasized: “Despite the war, Ukraine supplies food to 400 million people around the world. That’s why we urgently need improved air defense for our country and further international support. Ukraine’s food security is directly linked to global food security.”

As previously reported by Ukrinform, on the evening of October 9, Russian forces launched a ballistic attack on the port infrastructure of Odessa, damaging a civilian vessel flying the Panamanian flag – the container ship Shui Spirit.