A grain-carrying cargo vessel has gone down in the Sea of Azov, resulting in one fatality and leaving two crew members unaccounted for, according to a Russian-appointed official’s announcement Sunday on the Telegram platform.
Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-appointed administrator for Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine’s Kherson region, reported that nine crew members successfully reached the shoreline and survived the incident. All survivors are Russian citizens, Saldo confirmed.
The official stated that an assistant to the ship’s captain perished in the maritime disaster, while two individuals remain missing. Saldo indicated that authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the sinking.
