Officials say a Mongolian-flagged ship with a Russian and Ukrainian crew has sunk in the Black Sea, leaving three of 12 seamen unaccounted for.
Emergency services continue to search the area.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian emergencies ministry said nine seamen had been saved.
Emergency services were dispatched after the "Vasiliy," carrying a cargo of scrap metal, sent a distress signal in the Kerch strait, which links the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov.
No other details were immediately available.
compiled from agency reports
Emergency services continue to search the area.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian emergencies ministry said nine seamen had been saved.
Emergency services were dispatched after the "Vasiliy," carrying a cargo of scrap metal, sent a distress signal in the Kerch strait, which links the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov.
No other details were immediately available.
compiled from agency reports