1 dead, 8 injured in attack on Turkish commercial vessel in Black Sea

One sailor was killed and eight others were injured after a commercial vessel operated by a Turkish shipping company came under attack off Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, reported Xinhua, quoting local media on Saturday.

The ship, named Ural and owned by Kalyoncu Denizcilik, was attacked around midnight off Novorossiysk, according to the private Ihlas News Agency.

The vessel continued its voyage following the attack and is expected to arrive at Türkiye's northern port of Samsun later in the day, the report said.

Earlier, Ural had rescued 18 crew members aboard another Turkish-owned cargo ship, Necibe, which had reportedly come under attack in the Black Sea, Ihlas added.

The incident is the latest in a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea region.