Environmental monitoring has been stepped up along the Black Sea coast following the sinking of the dry cargo ship Golden Leo, which was struck by a Russian attack on July 19 as it was leaving a port in the Odesa region.
Russia attacked a civilian cargo vessel flying the flag of Palau twice as it was departing a port in Ukraine's Odesa region. Two crew members are missing, while seven sailors and a Ukrainian pilot were rescued.
Allseeds, one of Ukraine's largest producers and exporters of vegetable oils and oilseed meal, is suspending operations in the Odesa region due to the deteriorating security situation.
In the Odesa region, a woman and a 4-year-old child were injured as a result of a Russian missile and drone attack on a residential area on the night of July 24.
In Odesa on the afternoon of July 21, a residential building was damaged as a result of a Russian attack; two people are reported to have been injured.
Residential buildings were damaged in two settlements in the Odesa district as a result of a Russian attack on July 20. Three people were injured in the shelling.
As a result of a Russian military attack on a Guinea-Bissau-flagged merchant vessel near Odesa, 10 people were killed, including a marine pilot employed by the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA).