New Delhi, July 27 -- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday summoned Ukraine's Ambassador to India, Oleksandr Polishchuk, and conveyed India's "serious concern" over recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea that have claimed the lives of Indian seafarers, including the death of an Indian national in the attack on merchant vessel MV OMORFI.

The diplomatic demarche comes amid growing concern over the deteriorating security situation in the Black Sea, where repeated missile and drone strikes linked to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict have increasingly endangered civilian shipping and merchant crews.

In an official statement, the MEA said the Ukrainian envoy was called to South Block in connection with the attack ...