Reuters ⁠could not independently verify ​the report.

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The ministry later said ​Russian forces had also hit a fuel storage facility in Odesa, two ​additional vessels in the ​port of Pivdennyi near Odesa, and another ‌vessel ⁠northwest of Zmiinyi (Snake) Island in the Black Sea.

It said, without providing evidence, that all ​the vessels ​were ⁠being used to transport military supplies to ​Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine have ​both ⁠stepped up attacks in recent weeks on shipping in the ⁠Black ​Sea and Sea ​of Azov, driving wheat prices higher.