Foreign merchant ship hit by missile in Mariupol – Ukrainian official

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By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – A foreign-flagged merchant ship was hit by a Russian navy missile in the besieged southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol with one crew member needing medical care, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. Ukraine said it was bracing for about 60,000 Russian reservists to be called in to reinforce Moscow’s offensive in the east, where Russia’s main targets have included Mariupol and Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city. The Dominica-flagged cargo ship Azburg’s engine room was hit by a missile late on Monday, said Viktor Vyshnov, deputy head of Ukraine’s …

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