Key facts
- Two Azerbaijani citizens were killed and two injured in a drone attack on the cargo vessel Tedy on September 9.
- The injured Azerbaijani citizens were taken to a hospital in Chornomorsk, Odesa Oblast.
- Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have attacked two dry cargo vessels and a tugboat carrying supplies for the Ukrainian army in the past day.
Two Azerbaijani citizens were killed and two others injured when unidentified drones attacked the foreign cargo vessel Tedy on September 9, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry announced. The ministry did not specify who operated the drones or the location of the attack. This incident occurred amidst continued Russian strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea near Ukraine's Odesa Oblast.
The injured Azerbaijani citizens received hospital treatment in Chornomorsk, located in Odesa Oblast. Russia's Defense Ministry reported on September 10 that its forces had targeted two dry cargo vessels bound for Odesa and a tugboat in the preceding 24 hours, asserting that these vessels were transporting military supplies for Ukraine. Kyiv has not yet responded to these claims, and The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify them.