DFA verifying if Filipino hurt after ship attack near Ukraine

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is still verifying reports that a Filipino was hurt after a Japanese-owned ship was attacked near Ukraine, according to a report on "24 Oras."

Previous reports stated that Japanese shipping company Nissen Kaiun, an affiliate of Nikko Kisen, said a cargo ship had been hit

Meanwhile, all 11 Filipino crew members of a Turkish-owned ship that was hit by Russia bomb the port of Odessa are safe.

Yasa Holding officials said the vessel arrived on February 25 in a shipyard in Yalova, a province south of Istanbul, Turkey.—Joahna Lei Casilao/LDF, GMA News