Reuters: Missile hits Bangladesh cargo ship in Ukraine, crew member killed

A missile or bomb hit a Bangladeshi-owned cargo ship in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia, killing one of its crew members, and efforts were underway to rescue the others from the vessel, its owner said on Thursday.

Report informs, citing Reuters, that the Bangladesh-flagged Banglar Samriddhi had been stuck at the port of Olvia since February 24, and was hit by a missile, a Bangladeshi foreign ministry official said earlier on Thursday.

The vessel was struck on Wednesday evening and videos on social media showed crew members asking for help.

In one video, the vessel's second engineer said the ship had been hit by a rocket with one crewmate already dead.

There were 29 people aboard the vessel, all of them are the citizens of Bangladesh.