Ten Azerbaijani crew members rescued from drone-hit ship leave Ukraine

Ten Azerbaijani citizens rescued from a ship attacked by a drone near Odesa left Ukraine for Azerbaijan today, Report's Eastern Europe bureau informs.

The Azerbaijani citizens - Gulana Latifova, Tofig Nasrullayev, Sabuhi Samadov, Ismayil Ismayilov, Aydin Aliyev, Javid Rahimov, Mehman Rahimov, Ismayil Akhundov, Gurban Aliyev and Valeh Abbasov - were sent to Azerbaijan via Moldova on July 15, accompanied by employees of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine Farid Babayev and Parviz Asadov.

On July 14, the civilian cargo ship Atlas Bey, owned by Türkiye's Okean Maritime company, came under a drone attack near Ukraine's Odesa coast at around 15:15 local time (GMT+3).

Eleven crew members on board the vessel are citizens of Azerbaijan. According to the information, all crew members except the Azerbaijani captain were brought ashore in Odesa.

The search for the captain is ongoing.