Vladimir Putin unleashed a rocket strike to 'sink' a cargo ship in the midst of unconfirmed Russian claiming that it was wearing British weapons before use by Ukraine.
Two ballistic missiles from Iskander-M hit the Panama-flagged container Ship MSC Levante F-to-be Swiss ownership shortage after it arrived in Odesa on 1 March, after a stop in Turkey.
It was assumed that two port workers were injured in the strike, which also damaged the infrastructure, according to the Ukrainian reports.
The report of the attack comes when British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today houses the VolodyMyr Zensky and other European leaders to discuss the future of the Wartorn Nation after the spelly of the Ukrainian president with US President Donald Trump and vice -president JD Vance.
Russian Telegram channel Talipov [sic] Online Z claimed that the ship was full of drones and weapons that were collected from a NATO located in Turkey before being transported to Odesa in Ukraine.
However, the channel is managed by the Russian Crimian blogger Oleksandr Talipov, accused of 'nation-based enmity against Ukrainian citizens and hate speech by Ukrainian public prosecutors in 2022.
Tapipov said: 'It was found that in Turkey the ship loaded extra containers of two colors on board – red and yellow – that contain British sea drones and weapons of the Turkish NATO basis.
'Upon arrival in the port of Odesa, the ship was hit by two rockets at berth number two at 6:00 PM.
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Russian Iskander-M Mobile Ballistic missiles with a short distance (depicted here at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum in Patriot Park in Alabino, Moscow) of the type used to sink the container ship MSC Levante F
The attack comes when British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today houses the VolodyMyr Zensky and other European leaders to discuss the future of the Wartorn Nation
“After the strike started, the load was completely destroyed, the ship dropped.”
A photo shows the containers that are visible on the ship in Odesa shortly before it was hit.
However, no evidence was given with regard to a military charge, nor proof of the degree of damage to the MSC Levante F.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba challenged the Russian account and said that the ship was wearing 'completely civil loads'.
The container ship was beaten when it prepared to unload, according to the Russian report.
A strike on the 482ft MSC Levante F was confirmed by Odesa Region Governor Oleg Kiper.
“The enemy shot a ballistic rocket on Odesa,” he said. “The attack damaged harbor infrastructure and a civil ship under the flag of the Republic of Panama owned by a European company.”
Deputy Prime Minister for the reconstruction of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba said that a second ship was also hit, the Sierra Leone-Flagged Super Sarkas.
The MSC Levante F depicted in AsyaPort on the north coast of the sea of Marmara in Turkey – the location before he goes to the Ukrainian city of Odesa
Russian President Vladimir Putin has drastically increased military expenditure in the past year, which has increased the military budget by a higher percentage than the rest of Europe combined
Both 'damaged' ships had completely civil loads, he said.
The KYIV Independent reported: “There was no information available immediately about what the ship was wearing, or the extent of the damage.”
According to Ukrainian President VolodyMyr Zelensky, at least 20 foreign merchant ships have been damaged in earlier strikes of Russia.
In July last year, the MSC Levante F, which can transport approximately 13,634 tons, came the first call from an MSC container ship to Odesa to Odesa since the start of the war in February 2022.
Before sailing to Odesa, the container ship was moored in Asyaport, near Tekirdağ, on the north coast of the sea of Marmara in Turkey.
The MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company – Brand has its head office in Geneva, Switzerland.
