In the Black Sea there is a Finnish cargo ship, previously taken over by the Russians

A cargo ship belonging to Finland, Helt, which flies under the Panamanian flag, took over Russian forces in the Black Sea on Wednesday," reports Ukrainian Truth portal.

The Helt crew is descending on lifeboats. The freighter is tilted at 70 degrees. Paramedics are currently unable to approach the ship. There's no known reason for tilting the ship.

Ukrainian Border Guard stated in a Facebook entry that Russian Polish Navy is involved in "piracy, terrorism and shooting civilians". As he recalls, on Wednesday a Russian missile struck a ship called Banglar Samriddhi, which moored in the harbor of Mikołajew. One of the crew members died in the attack.

The cargo ship Helt sank off the Odessa port earlier today, reports say.
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According to the border guard, the Russians are to use the Helt ship as a shield to hide behind it from Ukrainian anti-ship missiles, "because Ukrainians will not shoot civilian objects".

The Ukrainian Truth Portal communicates with the information of its reporters in Odessa that Russian landing forces are located 14 miles from the coastal village of Sandzhijka in the Ode region. Ukrainian troops are preparing to defend themselves.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence reported on Thursday on Facebook that four Russian ships and three missile boats are heading for Odessa in the south of the country.

Source: PAP