A civilian ship under the flag of the Dominican Republic near one of the berths in Mariupol port was hit by shelling, wounding one crew member, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service has said.
"The hit caused a fire in the engine room, one crew member was injured. The captain on the international maritime security channel gave the SOS signal and the message: “Attention! Mayday! (X3).
The ship under the flag of the Dominican Republic was brutally destroyed, everything was destroyed. The bridge was destroyed. There is a fire in the engine room. There are wounded," the message says.
Meanwhile, Interfax-Ukraine reported that the Turkish vessel "Azburg" sailing under the flag of Dominica was shelled by Russian forces from the sea.
However, the people's militia of the DPR told Sputnik that the vessel was attacked by Ukrainian nationalists, who may try to present the aftermath of their attacks on foreign ships as a result of Russian troops' actions.
"Ukrainian nationalists who control the port of Mariupol, realizing the proximity of their defeat, carry out the targeted destruction of infrastructure, as well as foreign ships located in it", the DPR militia said.
According to the authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic, Ukrainian nationalists will try to present the destruction of foreign ships in Mariupol as being the result of attacks by Russian troops.
The ship began to sink, and the fire covered an increasing area, as Marine border guards promptly rendered assistance to the wounded and evacuated the crew to a safe place.
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