If confirmed, the attack would be the first on a commercial vessel in open waters since the 2022 invasion, and a sharp escalation of hostilities in the Black Sea.

Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of using strategic bombers to strike a civilian grain vessel in a missile attack in Black Sea waters near NATO member Romania, escalating tensions between Moscow and the military alliance.

Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday (12 September) of using strategic bombers to strike a civilian grain vessel in a missile attack in Black Sea waters near NATO member Romania, escalating tensions between Moscow and the military alliance.

A suspected Russian missile struck a Turkish-operated cargo ship en route to Ukraine, roughly 48 kilometres off the Romanian coastline on Thursday, authorities in Kyiv and Bucharest said. Ukrainian officials said in a statement that the missile had been launched by a Russian strategic bomber.

The CNN television station obtained photographs of a ship in a Russian port on the Caspian Sea. American sources allege that Iranian Fath-360 ballistic missiles were transported aboard it. We present the capabilities of this weapon,