While the Navy did not identify the vessel involved, ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic.com analysed by AP showed the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Venture erratically changed course as it traveled through the strait at the time of the incident.
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that Ukrainian forces had retaken part of the settlement of Berkhivka, north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, calling it a "disgrace". Prigozhin's private Wagner militia captured Bakhmut last month after the longest battle of the war and handed its positions there to regular Russian troops. Ukrainian forces have continued to attack areas close to the city.
Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, who manned the fast-attack ships that harassed the merchant vessel on the weekend, are being considered as a terrorist group by the UK Government.
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