MOSCOW, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed after a drone attack on a dry cargo ship carrying wheat in the Azov Sea, TASS news agency reported Sunday, citing Russian emergency services.
The Volgo-Balt type vessel, with a crew of 11 on board, was located about 300 miles (about 482.8 km) north of Kerch at the time of the attack, the services said.
According to the emergency services, nine crew members were evacuated into a capsule lifeboat that later drifted ashore in the Kherson region.
Earlier, Kherson regional head Vladimir Saldo said nine crew members, all Russian citizens, were found onshore. ■