A <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/indian-embassy-confirms-one-death-and-three-injuries-in-drone-attack-in-russias-moscow-region-23630873" rel="nofollow">Russian </a>drone hit a Chinese cargo ship in the Black Sea overnight, Ukraine said Monday, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping.
Kyiv routinely announces Russian attacks on civilian vessels near the port of Odesa -- a vital maritime hub for Ukrainian agricultural exports.
But Monday's attack comes just ahead of Putin's two-day trip to Beijing where he and Xi are set to deepen bilateral ties between the friendly nations.
"Drones struck Odesa ... and one of the UAVs hit a vessel owned by China," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on social media.
"The Russians could not have been unaware of what vessel was at sea," he added.
A spokesman for Ukraine's navy told AFP that none of the crew -- all Chinese citizens -- were wounded and that the Chinese-owned &nbsp;vessel continued on its journey.
"The ship was entering for loading. After it was hit at night by a Shahed, the crew coped with the consequences on their own. Fortunately, no one was injured, and the vessel continued on its way to its port of destination," navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said.
The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/russia-ukraine-war-death-toll-in-attack-on-kyiv-apartment-building-now-stands-at-24-23630622" rel="nofollow">Ukrainian navy</a> named the ship as KSL Deyang.
It posted a photo showing part of the upper deck blackened after the apparent hit.
Zelensky said Russian forces had attacked Ukraine overnight with 524 attack drones and 22 missiles, including ballistic and cruise missiles.
China has regularly called for talks to end the fighting. It has never condemned Russia for sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and presents itself as a neutral party.
Turkey and the United Nations in 2022 brokered an agreement with <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/russia-ukraine-war-moscow-and-kyiv-carry-out-major-prisoners-of-war-exchange-23630627" rel="nofollow">Kyiv</a> and Moscow to allow Ukrainian grain exports from the Black Sea, an accord scrapped by the Kremlin around one year later.
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Ukraine has alleged that a Russian drone struck a Chinese-owned cargo ship in the Black Sea near Odesa overnight, just ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin

Ukraine says Russian drone hits Chinese vessel in Black Sea before Putin-Xi talks in Beijing

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Ukraine has alleged that a Russian drone struck a Chinese-owned cargo ship in the Black Sea near Odesa overnight, just ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s scheduled visit to Beijing. Kyiv said the vessel, carrying an all-Chinese crew, sustained damage but no casualties were reported

Russian drone hit Chinese cargo ship overnight in Black Sea: Ukraine

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