New Delhi, July 26 -- The Indian Embassy in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Sunday (local time) announced that a merchant vessel carrying four Indian nationals was targeted at the country's Odesa port, with only two crew members confirmed safe, as information about the other two is still awaited.

The incident occurred on Saturday (local time) when MV AGN Ragnar was struck at the Port of Odesa, one of Ukraine's important Black Sea ports that has frequently come under attack since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Merchant shipping in the Black Sea has periodically been affected despite efforts to keep maritime trade routes operational, news agency PTI reported.

In a statement, the Indian mission said that it is clos...