Russian Drone Strikes Hit Mykolaiv and Odesa Ports Killing Three and Damaging Foreign-Flagged Vessels as Grain Shipments Halt

Russian forces struck Mykolaiv's port infrastructure with Shahed-238 drones early Friday, damaging three foreign-flagged civilian vessels and killing two Ukrainians aboard one of them 123. A separate strike killed a man in Odesa, Ukraine's largest seaport 23, and Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper said a later strike set fire to a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel at a regional port, injuring four of its 17 crew 3. Mykolaiv prosecutors opened a war crimes investigation and said Kernel's sunflower oil terminal lost 25,000 metric tons of product in the attack 1. Ukraine's seaports authority said Russian strikes have killed 11 people at ports and vessels this month, and traders and analysts reported the attacks have partially halted grain shipments and nearly suspended grain purchases at port terminals 23.