By Yuliia Dysa and Max Hunder

KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia attacked two Ukrainian ports on Friday, damaging ​three Turkish-owned vessels including a ship carrying food supplies, ​Ukrainian officials and one ship owner said, days after Moscow threatened to cut "Ukraine off from the sea".

Last week, Russian ⁠President Vladimir Putin vowed retaliation against Kyiv's maritime drone attacks on Moscow's "shadow fleet" tankers thought to be used to export oil, which Kyiv says is Russia's main source of funding for its almost ​four-year-old war.

The attack on Friday came hours after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Putin ‍that a limited ceasefire for energy facilities and ​ports could be beneficial.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted photos which showed a large fire burning aboard a ship in the port of Chornomorsk in Odesa........

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