Russian missile hits Liberia-flagged ship in Ukraine’s main Black Sea port

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, shakes hands with US transport secretary Pete Buttigieg in Kyiv on Wednesday (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa hit a Liberian-flagged freighter, killing a port worker and injuring three citizens of the Philippines, who are crew members on the ship, Ukraine’s armed forces have said.

The report did not give the name of the ship nor the country of its owners, but infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said the ship was to carry iron ore to China.