MOSCOW, July 24. Russian forces struck a bulk carrier and a dry cargo ship while they were transporting military supplies to the port of Chernomorsk for the Ukrainian army, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "On the sea crossing (northeast of Snake Island and near the settlement of Zatoka), a bulk carrier and a dry cargo ship transporting military supplies to the port of Chernomorsk," the report said. Two tugboats in the port of Nikolyaev were also hit.