Crew of sunken ship HELT rescued
Ukrainian rescuers managed to save six crew members.
Rescuers delivered six crew members of the dry cargo ship HELT to Chornomorsk. This is a city and port near Odesa.
The ship was hit by a missile from the Russian Navy and sank within a 12-mile zone on the traverse of the Pivdenny port.
The Russian warship that sank the ship at first prevented the rescue operation by threatening to open fire. This was announced by the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Maxim Marchenko.
One of the rescued sailors, Viktor Tsushko, said:
“There was no call for communication or any warnings from the Russian warship. The projectile came from the sea. From the shell that hit the ship, it sank in a few minutes.
Crew members managed to give an SOS signal. In lifeboats and rafts, six sailors stayed at sea for about four hours. Then they were picked up by the rescue service. The health condition of all crew members is satisfactory.
