Drone attacks off Odesa leave German capesize bulker adrift and another ship lost
- Blumenthal’s capesize bulker Emil suffered extensive damage to its accommodation block, leaving it without propulsion
- The Honduras-owned general cargoship Mera Queen sustained significant structural destruction during multiple drone strikes
- Ship’s crew rescued after it caught fire, flooded and ultimately sank
Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed the vessels were carrying ‘military cargo’
