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Four Indian crew members were killed and a fifth left in critical condition after a ship departing the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa was struck in an attack on Sunday, according to a statement released late Monday by India’s foreign ministry.<\/p>

Ukraine’s navy reported via the Telegram messaging platform that Russia fired three cruise missiles at the vessel, identified as the Golden Leo \u2014 a ship sailing under a Guinea-Bissau flag with a crew made up of Indian and Syrian nationals.<\/p>

India’s foreign ministry issued a sharp condemnation of the incident, stating: “India condemns such attacks and reiterates that targeting commercial shipping and endangering innocent civilian crew members, or otherwise impeding freedom of navigation and commerce, is deplorable and should be avoided.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four Indian nationals lost their lives Sunday when a ship departing Ukraine’s port of Odesa came under attack, India’s foreign ministry announced Monday evening. A fifth Indian crew member was hospitalized in critical condition following the strike. India’s government condemned the attack, calling the targeting of commercial vessels and civilian crew members deplorable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":98258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784564257019.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-pyP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97804,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/russian-strike-on-black-sea-cargo-ship-kills-5-ukraine-reports\/","url_meta":{"origin":98259,"position":0},"title":"Russian Strike on Black Sea Cargo Ship Kills 5, Ukraine Reports","author":"Admin","date":"July 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A Russian attack on an international cargo vessel in the Black Sea near Odesa has left at least five crew members dead, Ukrainian officials say. 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