Russia Opens Fire to Force Black Sea Cargo Ship Inspection
- First reported incident since the grain deal collapsed
- Tensions have been running high in the key shipping region
The Sukru Okan
Source: MarineTraffic
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The Russian navy opened fire on a cargo vessel in the Black Sea to force it to stop for checks, the defense ministry said, the first such confirmed incident since Moscow withdrew from a key grain export deal in July.
The dry freight vessel Sukru Okan, sailing under the flag of Palau, had been heading to Ukraine’s port of Izmail when the naval patrol ship Vasiliy Bykov came across it in the southwestern part of sea early Sunday morning.