New Delhi, July 27 -- Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk was summoned on Monday to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi after an Indian sailor was killed in a strike on a ship in Black Sea.

A deadly attack on July 18, the commercial vessel MV OMORFI in the Black Sea resulted in the death of an Indian seafarer. The Forward Seamen's Union of India (FSUI) has identified the deceased sailor as Chief Officer Sagar Gupta.

The Ministry conveyed its serious concern over the incident and condemned such attacks on commercial shipping in the strongest terms, underscoring their adverse impact on the safety of maritime navigation, freedom of navigation, and international commerce.

He was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs ...