Overview
- The MV Golden Leo was struck by three cruise missiles while leaving Odesa, and the strike that hit the ship on Sunday killed 10 people and left eight crew members rescued after a night-long search-and-rescue operation.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs confirmed four Indian nationals were killed and one is critically injured and strongly condemned attacks on commercial shipping.
- The Guinea-Bissau-flagged Golden Leo was carrying corn, was owned by Mumbai-based Ocean Grace Shipping Ltd and had a mixed crew of Indian and Syrian nationals, according to shipping data and Ukrainian officials.
- Ukrainian authorities blamed Russian missiles for the attack while Moscow had not publicly commented, and the incident forms part of a recent spike in long-range strikes that has cut Ukraine's Black Sea export capacity by about a third.
- The strike threatens shipping safety, is likely to raise insurance and navigation costs for commercial vessels, and could push up global wheat and corn prices as ports and grain routes remain under attack.