A foreign ship is sinking in Mariupol, which was fired upon by the occupiers

A foreign ship is sinking in Mariupol/Ministry of Internal Affairs Russians civilian ship Azburg. It is under the flag of the Dominican Republic, and the owner is Malta.

The Russians hit the ship during another shelling of Mariupol on April 4th. It was at one of the berths.

The captain gave an SOS signal

A fire broke out in the engine room. One crew member was injured. The captain signaled “SOS” on the international maritime security channel.

Attention! Attention! The ship under the flag of the Dominican Republic was brutally destroyed, everything was destroyed, the bridge was destroyed. Fire in the car. There are wounded, – the captain said in a message.

The crew consists of 12 people, there is a woman, writes “Dumskaya”. Azburg arrived at the port of Mariupol on February 23 from Bulgaria.

Ship in Mariupol/Photo by Marine Traffic

The ship is sinking

Due to the hole, the ship began to sink, and the fire covered an ever larger area. The maritime border guards assisted the wounded and evacuated the crew to a safe place.

The fire is still burning, the ship is going under water. Due to constant shelling, it cannot be saved.