A Russian Tu-22M3 aircraft launched an X-22 missile attack on the ship AUA in Romania's exclusive economic zone while it was traveling from Chornomorsk port with wheat cargo bound for Egypt.
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On September 12, a Russian Tu-22M3 aircraft attacked with an X-22 missile the ship AUA, which was in the exclusive economic zone of Romania and was heading through the temporary sea corridor from the port of Chornomorsk with a cargo of wheat for Egypt.
Russia launched a missile on Sept. 12, 2024, at a cargo ship in the Black Sea carrying wheat for Egypt.
The vessel was sailing through Romania's exclusive economic zone, about 55 km from the Romanian port of Sfantu Gheorghe.
This was the first missile strike on a civilian vessel transporting grain through the Black Sea since the start of the full-scale invasion.
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