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Five Azerbaijanis were killed and 3 wounded successful a drone onslaught connected 2 overseas cargo ships successful the Sea of Azov, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said connected Friday (June 5, 2026).
Russia said Ukraine carried retired the attack. The caput of Ukraine's drone forces said Kyiv had struck vessels transporting amerciable cargo successful the area, without commenting connected the statements by Baku and Moscow oregon the reports of unit killed.
Citing an authoritative Russian connection to Baku, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said 25 of its citizens were among the crews of the 2 vessels, which it said were not owned by Azerbaijan.
"The Russian broadside provided applicable accusation that, arsenic a effect of the attack, a full of 5 of our citizens were killed and 3 were wounded," it said.
It said the wounded had been taken to infirmary successful the Russian metropolis of Yeysk connected the Azov Sea, and that embassy unit had travelled to the scene.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin blamed Ukraine for the attack, successful comments quoted by Russian authorities media.
"We cognize precise good who is utilizing drones, some aerial and naval, to onslaught peaceful civilian vessels successful the waters of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea," helium told journalists successful Saint Petersburg.
Answering a follow-up question, helium confirmed that helium was referring to Ukraine.
The commandant of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), Robert Brovdi, said Ukrainian drones had "struck 5 illegally loitering vessels during the nighttime of June 5 successful the ports of Mariupol and Berdiansk, and successful the coastal waters of the temporarily occupied territories".
He said they were being utilized to vessel atom from occupied Ukraine and did not notation specifically to Baku's connection that 5 Azerbaijani citizens were killed.
