Russians hit a civilian ship in Odessa region with a missile

This is reported by the Defence Forces of southern Ukraine in Telegram.

Continuing the terror of civilian shipping, the enemy insidiously struck an anti-radar missile Kh-31P in the direction of one of the ports of Odessa region from tactical aviation aircraft in the Black Sea," the report said.

The enemy missile hit the superstructure of a Liberian-flagged civilian vessel as it was entering the port.

Three crew members, who are Philippine nationals, were wounded in the attack. One of them is hospitalised. The pilot of the vessel was killed.

A harbour worker was also injured.

Earlier, Socialportal reported that the first Russian maritime-class vessel entered the Mariupol port at the end of November. Mariupol mayor's adviser Petro Andryushchenko believes that this is the beginning of changes on the military-logistic map.