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Bangladeshi citizen killed by missile strike on foreign ship near Olvia

The crew member was on the bridge at the time of the missile hit.

Bangladeshi citizen killed by missile strike on foreign ship near Olvia

Due to the missile strike at the "Banglar Samriddhi" ship (with a Bangladesh flag) that the Russian Navy made on March 2, 17:35, one crew member had died, the Ministry of Infrastructure reports. 

“According to the information provided by the agent of the ship" Delta Maritime Agency," one crew member (citizen of Bangladesh) was killed during the attack. At the time of the hit, he was on the ship’s bridge. 

An ambulance was called to the site, Security Service of Ukraine was notified. The fire on the ship was put out. The crew members stayed on the bridge. The administration of the Olvia port is doing everything they can to provide help to the crew,” states the Ministry of Infrastructure. 

Let us remind, the ship entered Mykolaiv port on February 23 and was waiting to unload, without a possibility of exit, because of the restrictions set by the Russian Navy.

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