As the Russia-Ukraine war continues to rage on, reports are emerging that the Russian forces have attacked two Ukrainian ports, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels.
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Russia-Ukraine war continues to rage on, reports are emerging that the Russian forces have attacked two Ukrainian ports. However, what was even more concerning was the fact that the attack damaged three Turkish-owned vessels, including a ship carrying food supplies, Ukrainian officials said.
The authorities noted that the Friday attacks by the Russian forces targeted Chornomorsk and
Odesa ports in Ukraine’s southwestern Odesa region on the Black Sea. A Ukrainian spokesperson told Reuters that three Turkish-owned vessels were damaged in total, but did not provide additional details.
In the videos circulating online, firefighters can be seen tackling a blaze on board what Ukrainian authorities described as a “civilian vessel” in Chornomorsk. Soon after the incident, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a statement, insisting that Russian attacks “had no … military purpose whatsoever”.
Today, the Russian army carried out a missile strike on our Odesa region, and last night there was also a Russian attack on Odesa’s energy infrastructure. At one point we talked about the situation in this city and the people of Odesa with President Trump.
Today’s Russian… pic.twitter.com/gIgXUlc4AJ
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 12, 2025
“This proves once again that Russians not only fail to take the current opportunity for diplomacy seriously enough, but also continue the war precisely to destroy normal life in Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said.
“It is crucial that … the world maintains the proper moral compass: who is dragging out this war and who is working to end it with peace, who is using ballistic missiles against civilian life, and who is striking the targets that influence the functioning of Russia’s war machine,” he added.
About the targeted vessel
In the statement, Zelenskyy did not name the vessel, but it was identified as the Panama-flagged and Turkish-owned Cenk T, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, the ship’s owners, Cenk Shipping, confirmed it was attacked at about 4 pm local time.
No casualties were reported among the crew, and the authorities noted that the damage to the vessel was limited. An employee of a private company was also injured in a separate attack on Odesa port, where a cargo loader was also damaged, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba confirmed.
He also mentioned that Russia had used drones and ballistic missiles in the port strikes, which were “aimed at civilian logistics and commercial shipping”. The attacks affect Ukraine since three large Black Sea ports in the Odesa region are a key economic artery for Kyiv.
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