“Drone attacks were carried out overnight against two foreign cargo ships. (…) as a result of this attack, five of our citizens were killed and three others injured,” said the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Five Azerbaijani citizens were killed in drone attacks targeting two cargo ships in the Sea of Azov, Baku announced on Friday, with Russia declaring for its part that this strike was carried out by Ukraine.
“Drone attacks were carried out overnight against two foreign cargo ships. (…) as a result of this attack, five of our citizens were killed and three others injured.”affirmed the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release.
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Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian ports and ships are increasing
According to Baku, 25 Azerbaijani citizens were on board these ships which “do not belong to the Azerbaijani stateHAS”. The injured were transported to a hospital in Yeisk, Russia. According to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galouzin, Ukraine, which has already targeted several ships in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean in the past, is behind this strike.
Robert Brovdi, known as “Madyar”, the commander of the unmanned systems forces of the Ukrainian army, claimed on Telegram to have struck during the night “five ships illegally lurking in the ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk“, in Ukraine occupied by Russia.
However, he did not specify whether these were the same ships on which the Azerbaijani citizens were killed. Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian ports and ships have increased over the past year.
