Database of Russian Attacks on Black Sea Ports in January-March 2025

The Monitoring Group of the BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Studies

Based on the results of its own monitoring, the monitoring group of the BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Strategic Studies Institute, presents below The 2025 Database of Russian Missile and Drone Attacks on the Ports of Greater Odesa.

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ТОТ – temporarily occupied territories
UAV — unmanned aerial vehicle
OTRK - operational tactical missile system
BM — ballistic missile
CM — cruise missile
ARM - anti-radiation missile
SLCM — sea-launched cruise missile
AShM — anti-ship missile

Data taken from the official Air Force Command of the Armed Forces
www.facebook.com/kpszsu and official channels of the regional administration.

In January-March 2025, the Russian Army carried out at least 35 attacks* on the ports of the Greater Odesa — Port of Odesa, Pivdennyi Port and Port of Chornomorsk — as well as on energy and industrial infrastructure of the Odesa Oblast. A variety of missiles and UAVs launched from the TOT Crimea and Southern Ukraine, as well as from the RF, have been used in the strikes, averaging 1 attack every three days. Those included no less than:

• 14 missile attacks of various types (3 in March, 6 in February and 5 in January)

• 23 attacks by strike and decoy UAVs of the Shahed-136/131, Geran/Gerbera and other types (11 in March, 9 in February, and 3 in January).

*the number of attacks by different weapon types may exceed the total number of attacks, since the enemy could use both UAVs and missiles in one attack.

Together there have been 14 attacks in March, 14 in February and 7 in January.

For strikes on the ports, Russia used no less than:

• 11 CM and BM Iskander missiles — 2 in March, 5 in February and 4 in January
• 5 Kh-59/Kh-69 ASMs — 0 in March, 1 in February and 4 in January
• 6 Kh-31P ARMs — 4 in February and 2 in January
• 1 Kalibr SLCM — in March only
• while the exact number of strike UAVs involved is not accurately recorded, it is estimated to range from 5 to 20 during one attack, i.e., at least 150-200 since the beginning of the year.

Main launch sites for the port infrastructure strikes:

• Missile: ballistic – TOT Crimea, ASMs — Black Sea airspace
• UAV: Russian border regions with Ukraine, including with the involvement of the TOT Crimea.

In January–March 2025:

• 10 naval mines destroyed in Odesa Oblast by controlled detonation -- 7 in March, 1 in February, and 2 in January
• 3 hits on civilian vessels during 2 attacks – MSC LEVANTE F (flagged Panama, hit 01.03.25) container ship, SUPER SARKAS (flagged Sierra Leone, hit 01.03.25) and MJ Pinar (flagged Barbados, hit 11.03.25, 4 crew member killed)
• 659 ship calls made to the three Greater Odesa ports involved in the export corridor operation — 242 in March, 213 in February and 204 in January.

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The 2025 Database of Russian Missile and
Drone Attacks on the Ports of Greater Odesa

January 2025

06.01.2024
Region attacked: Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 2 Kh-59 CM/TAC - both downed from TAC over the Black Sea
Target: port infrastructure
Impact: none reported.

14.01.2025
Region attacked: Chornomorsk direction, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 2 Kh-31P ARM
Target: the Chornomorsk Sea Port infrastructure
Impact: monitors detected missile approach around 15:30. No impact reported.

22.01.2025
Region attacked: Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-131/136 UAV from TOT AR Crimea (Cape Chauda); Millerovo, Bryansk, Kursk, Orel and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia);
Target: energy and port infrastructure
Impact: no impact reported in Odesa region.

24.01.2025
Region attacked: Pivdenne, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 2 Kh-59/69 ALCM/Su-57 from the Black Sea waters — both destroyed
Target: Pivdennyi Port
Impact: the attack occurred in the evening. One of the Kh-59 missiles was downed by UAF Navy boats. No impact reported.

28.01.2025
Region attacked: Pivdenne, Odesa district, and Odesa
Weapon/Carrier:
1 Iskander-K CM from the Black Sea waters —destroyed
strike UAVs and decoy drones of the Shahed-136/131 and Geran/Gerbera types. In the South, 11 enemy strike Shahed and other type UAVs were downed, 7 of which — in the Odesa region.
Target: Odesa Sea Port and Pivdennyi Port
Impact: Odesa — morning missile and UAVs attack:

• debris from downed drones damaged glazing in four residential buildings and five country houses
• Kyiv and Prymorskyi districts reported over 900 windows damaged in 10 buildings; 15 apartments were damaged
• in a residential building in one of the residential complexes,
• 10 cars caught fire in one of the residential courtyards of Odesa
• a warehouse containing grain was damaged
• reports indicated missiles on approach toward Pivdenne.

31.01.2025
Night-morning:
Region attacked: Chornomosk and likely Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-type drones and decoy drones launched from Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF) and Cape Chauda (Crimea)
Target: Chornomorsk Sea Port
Impact: Odesa Oblast — city hospital damaged, private homes affected, grain storage facilities hit. Electricity supply disrupted in parts of Chornomorsk. Four people wounded. Damage to oil terminal reported.
Evening:
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: 3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from TOT Crimea
Target: Odesa Sea Port.
Impact: Odesa — at around 20.00 the city’s historical center attacked, causing multiple damage and destruction in the UNESCO-protected zone, including to the: Philharmonic (New Stock Exchange); Vucini House; Museum of Western and Eastern Art; Branch of the Literary Museum (Sikar House); and Bristol and Decameron hotels; as well as three cars; 6 apartment buildings; 2 office premises; 1 mooring stand on the territory of Odesa Seaport; 4 private houses; high-voltage power line; building of the State Archives of the Odesa Oblast. Seven people wounded. Norwegian diplomats were in the Bristol hotel at the time of the attack.

February 2025

01.02.2025
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: 2 anti-radar missiles Kh-31P
Target/Impact: an attack around 1 a.m.; no further information available.

05.02.2025
Region attacked: Pivdenne, Odesa district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 ALCM Kh-59/Su-30/34 aircraft
Target: port infrastructure of the Pivdennyi Port
Impact: Pivdenne — at around 18:15 civilian infrastructure attacked, damaging 11-story unfinished building, residential buildings, a minimarket and cafe; killing one person and injuring another.

13.02.2025
Region attacked: Chornomorsk, Odesa district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF)
Target: port infrastructure of the Odesa Sea Port and Port of Chornomorsk
Impact: the Odesa district was attacked by UAVs on the night of February 13; details on the impact not reported; there was also a warning about the activity of enemy UAVs and the probability of air defense operations in Odesa Oblast at 15:15. The monitoring channels reported that 2 USVs flew into the territory of the Republic of Moldova.

13.02.2025
Region attacked: Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: 1 BM Iskander-M/OTRK Iskander from TOT Crimea
Target: the Odesa Sea Port infrastructure
Impact: Оdesa – a powerful explosion at around 18.10 after a warning of a prospective ballistic attack from Crimea. A port infrastructure object hit.

14.02.2025
Region attacked: Pivdenne, Odesa district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF)
Target: Pivdennyi Sea Port infrastructure
Impact: Pivdenne — on the night of February 13-morning of February 14, a massive attack by strike drones on the town of Pivdenne and nearby settlements (northern outskirts of Odesa) damaged port infrastructure, an out-of-service recreation center, and a car, causing fires.

16.02.2025
Region attacked: Chornomosk and Pivdenne, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 BM Iskander-M/OTRK Iskander from TOT Crimea
Target: port infrastructure, likely Port of Chornomosk
Impact: Odesa Oblast — explosions early in the morning following a missile threat alert. According to the monitors, a ballistic missile detected around 4.30 a.m. with at lest one missile headed towards Zatoka/Tatarbunary in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district. No further information available. Around 22:00 on the same day, monitors reported two Kh-31P ARM in the Odesa/Chornomorsk direction. Also, at 22:00 reports of explosions near Pivdenne with no missiles detected.

17.02.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Chornomosk, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF)
Target: port infrastructure, likely Odesa Sea Port and the Port of Chornomosk
Impact: on the night of February 17, an attack by strike UAVs on the Odesa and Chornomorsk directions reported. In Odesa Oblast, UDF air defense units downed 11 Shahed and other type UAVs. No impact reported.

18.02.2025
Region attacked: Kyiv and Odesa district, Odesa
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF) Target: еnergy and port infrastructure, including of the Odesa Sea Port.
Impact: as a result of the attack, the energy infrastructure significantly damaged.
A massive attack by strike UAVs on Odesa and the district began In the evening, lasting for several hours:

• a series of explosions occurred in the Tairov area of Odesa - there the power went out, and trolleybuses stopped
• local emergency power outages have been introduced in parts of Odesa oblast
• critical infrastructure is operating with generators
• in the Kyiv district of Odesa, heat supply to some consumers was suspended
• 14 schools, 13 kindergartens and a large residential area - more than 500 houses - were left without power and heating
• at least 160,000 residents of Odesa are without heat and electricity.
• there were also problems with water supply
• at least 20 buildings, glazing in high-rise buildings, cars, a children's polyclinic and a kindergarten, a business center, and commercial facilities sustained significant damage
• 4 people were injured, including a 10-year-old girl
• reports indicated a strong fire in the city - a likely impact
• local emergency blackouts in the city of Chornomorsk, Odesa and the settlements of Tairova, Savran, Burlacha Balka, Limanka, Mizikevicha, and Sukhyi Liman
• as of the morning of February 19, the Ministry of Development reported two district boiler houses in Odesa de-energized, and part of the Kyiv district — 489 residential buildings, 14 schools, 13 kindergartens and 9 medical facilities, in total, almost 80,000 people — left without heat.

19.02.2025
Region attacked: Peresyp district, Odesa, and Odesa Oblast.
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF)
Target: port infrastructure, likely Odesa Sea Port
Impact: Odesa — at around 22:00 the city was attacked by UAVs for the second time in a day, with the city center and the port being the center of the attack, resulting in damaged energy and industrial infrastructure, specifically:

• fires broke out on the roof of a catering establishment and a warehouse building of a private enterprise, an administrative building, a car wash, a roadway and glazing of a private house were damaged
• about five thousand residents of one of the districts of Odesa were left without electricity due to the attack
• as a result of two consecutive strikes on Odesa Oblast, 89,500 subscribers were without electricity at one point.

21.02.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Zatoka, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 2 BM Iskander-M/OTRK Iskander from TOT Crimea
Target: port infrastructure, likely Odesa Sea Port
Impact: around 04:30 a missile attack threat was reported — two high-speed targets moving towards Odesa and Zatoka. No information on the damage reported.

22.02.2025
Region attacked: Chornomorsk, Odesa district, Odesa Oblast,
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF); and Cape Chauda (TOT Crimea)
Target: energy and port infrastructure of the Port of Chornomosk
Impact: Odesa district: 

• as a result of the 23:00 attack, a private house caught fire in the village of Velykodolynske (located 8-10 km from the Port of Chornomosk)
• electrical substations hit — the Akkarzha traction electrical substation (110/35/27,5 kW) in Velykodolynske is part of the railway infrastructure used for the traction of electric locomotives
• around 22:30 due to the ballistic missile threat from Crimea, an air alert was announced, with no further information available.

23.02.2025
Night/morning:
Region attacked: Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF); and Cape Chauda (TOT Crimea)
Target: port infrastructure
Impact: Odesa Oblast — the attack on the night of February 23 with reports of downed strike UAVs and damage in the area.
Also, on the same day at 04:50 a.m., a missile threat for Odesa Oblast reported, no further information available
Evening:
Region attacked: Odesa and Chornomosk, Odesa region
Weapon/Carrier:
at least 2 BM or ALCM
strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF); and Cape Chauda (TOT Crimea)
Targets: port infrastructure, likely Odesa Sea Port and the Port of Chornomosk
Impact: Odesa Oblast — at around 19.00, reports of a missile threat and high-speed targets moving from the Black Sea towards Odesa and Chornomorsk. No impact reported. At 21:40, a group of UAVs was reported moving along the same route. Damage reported with no details available.

28.02.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Chornomosk, Odesa region
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136/131 type UAVs launched from the Black Sea waters.
Target: port infrastructure, likely Odesa Sea Port
Impact: Odesa, Odesa district — after 21.00, an hour-long UAV attack from the Black Sea.
The air strike alert announced at 21.04, while the monitoring channels reported that a group of attack drones was approaching Odesa from the sea. Shortly after he group split and approached simultaneously from three directions — from the north (the village of Kotovske), the south (Tairova district) and the city center.
Odesa district was attacked by 3 UAVs, with at least 3 more heading from the Black Sea area in the direction of Odesa/Chornomorsk.
Around 23.00, Odesa district was attacked resulting in a one-story private house, a private enterprise, trucks and cars catching fire as a result of falling debris. One person was killed and another injured. The attack also damaged the premises of the Chornomorets football team’s training base, with and explosion on the Sauvignon lower training field. The blast wave hit the administrative building with the team inside, blowing out the windows and damaging the swimming pool.

March 2025

01.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 BM Iskander-M launched from TOT Crimea
Target: Port of Odesa and a civilian vessel
Impact: at 5:55 p.m., a BM attack damaged port infrastructure, injuring two civilian workers. The bulk carrier SUPER SARKAS (flagged Sierra Leone), transporting more than 21,000 tons of corn and soybeans for export, and the container ship MSC LEVANTE F (flagged Panama), owned by the Swiss MSC company, were both damaged. MSC LEVANTE F was hit on its first day in port.

03.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: several dozen Shahed-136 strike UAVs
Target: Port of Odesa, energy infrastructure
Impact: between 9:20 and 9:40 p.m., powerful explosions and gunfire were heard in the city. Fires broke out and energy infrastructure was damaged or destroyed, causing power outages in parts of the city, and shutting down three district boiler houses. Residential buildings, a business center, and 91 private houses and apartments in a high-rise building were also damaged. Four locals were injured. 

04.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Chornomosk, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: about 20 Shahed-136/131 strike and decoy UAVs
Targets: energy infrastructure, Port of Odesa and Port of Chornomorsk
Impact: from 9 to 11 p.m., the Russian Armed Forces attacked Odesa with, likely, Shahed-136 UAVs, targeting energy, port, and civilian infrastructure. Critical infrastructure in Odesa was damaged, and part of the city was left without electricity, water and heat. A 73-year-old resident of the Limanka village was killed, while another got moderately severe injuries. About 30 private houses in the suburbs of Odesa, outbuildings, a business center, a post office, a medical laboratory, commercial facilities, and cars were damaged and destroyed.

05.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa district, Odesa and Pivdenne
Weapon/Carrier: about 15 Shahed-136/131 strike and decoy UAVs
Targets: Port of Odesa and Pivdennyi Port
Impact: Pivdenne - Russian Armed Forces attacked in the evening. Energy and civilian infrastructure were hit. One-family and multi-storey buildings, service stations and at least 15 cars were damaged. More than ten thousand locals were left without electricity; two people injured.

06.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa, Podilsk district
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136 strike UAVs
Targets: Port of Odesa
Impact: Russian Armed Forces attacked on 11:40 p.m. The energy infrastructure was damaged. At least 10 private homes, outbuildings, a gas pipeline and cars were damaged and destroyed in the suburbs of Odesa. More than two and a half thousand residents were left without electricity. 

07.03.2025, morning
Region attacked: Podilsk district, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 CM, likely Kalibr
Targets: likely, critical infrastructure
Impact: at around 4:30 a.m., a CM, likely a Kalibr, damaged 16 private houses in the Podilsk district. Debris from the missile set a one-story house on fire and damaged four others. Podilsk district borders Moldova —specifically, the PMR region — and is home to two major industrial enterprises: Pivdentekhgaz OJSC, that produces liquefied gases, such as oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, argon and gas mixtures, and Pivdenremvestat LLC, that repairs machinery and manufactures parts). It is likely the missile was not aimed at any target in northern Odesa Oblast but was downed while flying from the Black Sea coast toward northern or western regions. On the same day, 8 Kalibr CMs were downed over various regions.

07.03.2025, evening
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136 strike UAVs — 21 downed
Targets: port and energy infrastructure, likely Port of Odesa
Impact: explosions occurred around 9:35 p.m. as drones approached Odesa and Chornomorsk. Hits and falling wreckage damaged or destroyed a hangar with agricultural machinery, a four-story industrial building, a gas station, a car shop, a service station, a car dealership whose loss is estimated at over $500,000, and at least eight cars. Fires broke out at several sites, including at an open area with stacked solar panels. Nearly 1,500 residents lost electricity.

10.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136 strike and decoy UAVs launched from TOT Crimea
Targets: Port of Odesa and Port of Chornomosk infrastructure
Impact: starting at 10 p.m., attack drones from the Black Sea targeted Odesa and the surrounding region. Hits and falling debris damaged or destroyed several private enterprise warehouses, fuel tanks, a business center, a garage, and an outbuilding on a private property. Windows in nearby homes were shattered. More than 100 firefighters and two Ukrzaliznytsia fire trains responded to the fires. The attack released significant amounts of pollutants and combustion products into the air.

11.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: 1 BM Iskander-M launched from TOT Crimea
Targets: Port of Odesa infrastructure and a foreign civilian vessel
Impact: at 8:17 p.m., a BM stuck the corner of the quay wall between berths 34 and 35, damaging berth 35, the grain gallery of the Brooklyn-Kyiv terminal, and four grain silos. The strike caused a fire, releasing a large amount of pollutants and production byproducts into the air. The MJ Pinar, a Barbados-flagged Greek bulk carrier, was damaged. Four crew members — three Syrians and one Ukrainian — were killed, while another sailor and a pilot company employee injured. At the time of the strike, the ship was loading wheat for export to Algeria.

13-14.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136 strike UAVs
Targets: likely of the Port of Odesa infrastructure
Impact: on the night of March 13/morning of March 14, Shahed-136 drones struck Odesa and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi districts. Civilian infrastructure was damaged, including garages and the administrative building of an inactive medical facility.

15.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136 strike and decoy UAVs
Targets: port and energy infrastructure, Port of Odesa and Port of Chornomorsk
Impact: attack lasted from the evening of March 14 through the night of March 15
Chornomorsk - damage to the energy infrastructure caused a total blackout; a truck driver was injured.
Odesa - an energy facility, private businesses, residential buildings, service stations, a car shop, cars and trucks were damaged. A private apartment building was partially destroyed, and shrapnel from a damaged car injured a 61-year-old woman, who was subsequently hospitalized.

19.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136 strike and decoy UAVs — 2 downed
Targets: Port of Odesa
Impact: damage in the city and oblast. No further details available.

20.03.2025
Region attacked: Odesa and Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: Shahed-136 strike and decoy UAVs
Targets: port, critical, energy and civilian infrastructure, including the Port of Odesa
Impact: from 10:00 to 11:30 p.m., the Russian Armed Forces targeted civilian infrastructure:

• major fires broke out in three locations
• localized emergency power outages affected Prymorsky, Peresypsky and Kyivsky districts of the city
• two shopping centers, several shops, a service station, a car dealership, a private warehouse, a supermarket and cars were damaged and destroyed
• three people, including children, were injured
• besides Odesa, destruction was also reported in the Odesa and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi districts of the Odesa Oblast
• Tairovo cemetery was hit, and dozens of graves destroyed
• several large Romstal Ukraine enterprises were affected: a 1,000 m² car dealership with all of its vehicles burned downed, and a Romstal store branch collapsed due to the drone hit, destroying all inventory.

NEW DRONE TACTICS: That was one of the largest attacks on Odesa. Military experts noted that drones were launched from over 2 km high, making them hard to intercept, then dived sharply to hit targets with greater accuracy. The aim appeared to be widespread destruction and civilian intimidation.

28.03.2025
Region attacked: Mizhlymanske village, Odesa Oblast
Weapon/Carrier: strike and decoy Shahed-136 UAVs
Targets: critical infrastructure, likely Port of Odesa
Impact: Mizhlymanske - several private houses, outbuildings, warehouses, a shop, garages, and cars were damaged or destroyed. The village, located between the Port of Odesa and the Pivdennyi Port, suffered fires in garages and outbuildings.

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For reference:

Between January–December 2024, the BSN Monitoring Group recorded at least 140 Russian missile and UAV attacks on port, energy, and other infrastructure in Odesa Oblast, where the maritime corridor operates. During this period, the Ukrainian Navy destroyed at least 12 naval mines in the Black Sea, with at least 6 of them located in Odesa Oblast.

In 2024, Russian attacks damaged seven civilian vessels involved in the operation of Ukraine’s grain corridor:

1. July 10, 2024. ARTEY IMO: 8879251. Flag: Cameroon. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 3,584 tons. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build: 1970. Registered owner: OVEN LTD c/o World Line Ltd Office 17, ul. Patona 17, Kherson, 73000, Ukraine. Ship manager/commercial manager: WORLD LINE LTD Office 17, ul. Patona 17, Kherson, 73000, Ukraine.
The vessel was damaged by missile fragments at the Port of Chornomorsk. Two people were killed—a security guard and a truck driver. A deckhand aboard the vessel was injured.

2. September 11, 2024. AYA. IMO: 9117868. Flag: St. Kitts and Nevis. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 27,239 tons. Type of ship: Bulk Carrier. Year of build: 1997. Registered owner: AYA MARITIME CO SA c/o VRS Maritime Services Ltd, Piraeus, Greece. Ship manager/commercial manager: VRS MARITIME SERVICES LTD, Piraeus, Greece. An air-launched anti-ship cruise missile Kh-22 fired from a Tu-22 bomber struck the bulk carrier transporting wheat from the Port of Chornomorsk to Egypt. The missile hit the vessel near Romania’s Port of Năvodari within Romania’s exclusive economic zone but outside its territorial waters. The ship sustained damage. The bulk carrier was likely not a target but was hit due to errors by the bomber crew during missile targeting or the use of outdated ammunition. The missile’s failure to detonate prevented a potentially catastrophic outcome.

3. September 20, 2024. GOLDEN LION. IMO: 9363974. Flag: Antigua and Barbuda. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 6,315 tons. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build: 2006. Registered owner: LION NAVIGATION LTD c/o Astramar Transport Ltd (SIA 'Astramar Transport'), Riga, Latvia. Ship manager/commercial manager: ASTRAMAR TRANSPORT LTD Katrinas dambis 14, Riga, Latvia. The vessel was damaged during a ballistic missile Iskander-M strike on Odesa Sea Port. Port workers were injured in the attack; no crew members were harmed.

4. October 6, 2024. PARESA. IMO: 9008134. Flag: St. Kitts and Nevis. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 6,912 tons. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build: 1992. Registered owner: PARESA SHIPPING CO Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Majuro MH Marshall Islands. Ship manager/commercial manager: PARESA SHIPPING CO Trust Company Complex Ajeltake Road Majuro MH Marshall Islands. The vessel was struck by a Russian ballistic missile Iskander-M near cargo hold No.2 at Pivdennyi Sea Port during grain loading operations. No crew members were injured. The owner refuted Russia’s claims that the vessel was transporting ammunition to Ukraine and thus constituted a legitimate military target.

5. October 7 and 14, 2024. OPTIMA. IMO: 9528691. Flag: Palau. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 5,834 tons. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Year of build: 2008. Registered owner/ship manager/commercial manager: USTA SHIPPING CO Piraeus, Greece. During a missile attack on October 7, a port worker (longshoreman) was killed and five crew members were injured.

6. October 9, 2024. SHUI SPIRIT. IMO: 9216729. Flag: Panama. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 21,614 tons. Type of ship: Container Ship. Year of build: 2000. Registered owner ROSEWINT INC c/o Nortada Shipmanagement Lda Funchal Portugal. Ship manager/commercial manager: NORTADA SHIPMANAGEMENT LDA Rua dos Murcas 15, Funchal Portugal. The vessel sustained damage at the Port of Chornomorsk during an attack on October 9; no crew members were injured. Eight people in the city and port were killed and eleven others injured—all Ukrainian citizens—four of whom were in critical condition. The missile targeted port infrastructure.

7. October 14, 2024. NS MOON. IMO: 8919855. Flag Belize. Deadweight tonnage(DWT) 2,717 tons. Type of ship: General Cargo Ship. Registered owner: MOON SHIPHOLDING LTD C/O: Cargo Shipping SP Z OO ul Mala Odrzanska 19, Szczecin, Poland. Ship manager/commercial manager: CARGO SHIPPING SP Z OO ul Mala Odrzanska 19, Szczecin, Poland.. The vessel sustained damage at Odesa Sea Port during an attack on October 14; no crew members were injured.

In 2025, Russian attacks damaged 3 civilian vessels involved in the operation of the Ukraine’s grain corridor:

1. 01.03.2025. Turkish bulk carrier SUPER SARKAS, IMO: 9221633. Flag: Sierra Leone. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 328495 tons. Type of ship: Bulk Carrier. Year of build: 2002. Registered owner: THOR SHIPPING & TRADING LTD Daire 20, Kat 5, Apartmani Blok10 Aydinli Yolu Caddesi Icmeler Mah, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey.
The vessel was damaged from an Iskander-M BM on the Port of Odesa.

2. 01.03.2025. Container ship MSC LEVANTE F, IMO: 9330264. Flag: Panama. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 13634 tons. Type of ship: Container ship. Year of build: 2006. Registered owner: LEVANTE OCEANWAY LTD C/O: MSC Shipmanagement Ltd MSC House, 8, Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue, 3070, Limassol, Cyprus. since 21/10/2021. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. MMSI 352898711. Ship manager/commercial manager: MSC SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD MSC House, 8, Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue, 3070, Limassol, Cyprus. since 21/10/2021.
The vessel was damaged by an Iskander-M BM in the Port of Odesa.

3. 11.03.2025. Greek bulk carrier MJ PINAR, IMO: 9406052. Flag: Barbados. Deadweight tonnage (DWT): 30465 tons. Type of ship: Bulk Carrier. Year of build: 2009. The vessel was damaged by an Iskander-M BM in the Port of Odesa. Four crew members were killed, and another was injured.

The UN Grain Corridor operated from August 1, 2022, to July 17, 2023, when the agreement terminated due to Russia's withdrawal. The Ukrainian export corridor, that doesn’t include Russia or the UN, started operating on August 1, 2023, and continues today. The corridor passes through three ports of Odesa Oblast — Odesa Sea Port, Pivdennyi Sea Port and the Port of Chornomorsk — and the territorial waters of Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Romania.

Further details can be found at Ukrainian Black Sea Corridor as Russia's Key Military Target.

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