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A Russian rocket onslaught damaged a Turkish-owned vas successful the Ukrainian Black Sea larboard of Odesa connected Friday. This prompted calls from Ankara to halt attacks connected civilian infrastructure.
The onslaught occurred hours aft Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the contented personally with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin."Russia launched a rocket onslaught connected civilian larboard infrastructure successful the Odesa region," Ukraine's restoration curate Oleksiy Kuleba said connected Telegram, adding that a Turkish ferry had been damaged and that determination were nary casualties.Turkish maritime institution Cenk Shipping said successful a connection that its vessel, "loaded wholly with caller fruits, vegetables and nutrient supplies connected the Karasu-Odesa route, was subjected to an aerial onslaught contiguous astatine 16:00 section time, soon aft docking astatine the Chornomorsk port."
Social media images showed the blue-and-white ferry connected fire.
The vessel is 185 metres agelong and sails nether the Panama flag, according to accusation connected the company’s website.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier connected Friday that "a civilian vas successful the larboard of Chornomorsk was damaged," without naming the ship. He added, "This erstwhile again proves that the Russians not lone garbage to instrumentality the existent accidental for diplomacy earnestly enough, but are besides continuing the warfare aimed precisely astatine destroying mean beingness successful Ukraine."
The onslaught comes amid increasing Turkish concerns astir the Black Sea. Turkey precocious warned of a "worrying escalation" aft Ukraine claimed naval drone attacks connected Russian-linked tankers successful the area.Erdogan had called for a "limited ceasefire" connected attacks targeting ports and vigor facilities during his talks with Putin connected Friday. Following the strike, Turkey’s overseas ministry said, "We erstwhile again emphasise the value of urgently ending the warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine, and we reiterate the request for an statement to forestall escalation successful the Black Sea, including ensuring maritime information and suspending attacks targeting vigor and larboard infrastructure.
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