Yahya Sare'e, spokesman for Yemen's Houthi militiamen, said I note today that the Yemeni armed forces have targeted with missiles the British ship Rubymar and pointed out that the unit suffered 'catastrophic damage', which had to be "and now it could sink in the Gulf of Aden." Sare'e specified that, in the course of the attack, "we Make sure the crew left the ship safely." In addition, the Houthi spokesman said that the air defenses in Hodeidah they would have shot down an American aircraft.

The Rubymar bulk carrier, with a capacity of 32,211 tons flies the flag of Belize.