Russian Strike on Merchant Ship Threatens Ukraine's Exports
- Ukraine’s farmers may face tighter squeeze on costs, barriers
- UN condemns ‘brutal and relentless’ Russian maritime attacks
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A Russian missile strike on a commercial ship at a major Ukrainian Black Sea port is adding to risks for commodity exports just as farmers in the war-battered nation are in the midst of this year’s harvest.
A 750-feet iron ore carrier, the KMAX Ruler, was hit near Ukraine’s key port of Odesa Wednesday, inflicting what the United Nations said was the first civilian casualty of a mariner since the war began. The incident highlighted the perilous risks for every type of vessel sailing to a country that’s under bombardment from Moscow’s forces.