Russian drones damage foreign-flagged vessels in southern ports, Ukraine says

KYIV, Dec ⁠26 (Reuters) - Russian ⁠overnight ‍drone attacks damaged Slovakia-, Palau- and Liberia-flagged vessels ‍in ports in Ukraine's Odesa and ​Mykolaiv regions, Ukraine's deputy prime minister ​said on Friday.

In recent weeks, Russia has escalated attacks on the southern Odesa region, and ​Ukrainian officials said Moscow aimed to cut Ukraine off ​from the Black Sea and sow chaos among ‌civilians.

There were no casualties in Friday's strikes, Oleksiy Kuleba said ​in a statement on ⁠the Telegram messaging app, but the attacks caused ‌power cuts and damaged elevators and civilian warehouses in the Odesa region.

Separately, ‌Kuleba added, drones damaged a locomotive and ‌a freight car at the northwestern Kovel railway station, around 60 kilometres (37.28 miles) ‍from Poland.

"Despite Russia's deliberate terror, Ukraine's logistics system continues ⁠to function," Kuleba said.

Russia did not comment on the matter.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Joe Bavier and Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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