Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria
- On Tuesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev reported drones struck two commercial vessels in the Black Sea, sinking one and hitting the Ukrainian-owned, Maltese-flagged Chelsea 3 about 18 nautical miles off Byala; all 15 crew members were rescued.
- These incidents follow a similar drone attack on October 6 involving two other merchant ships within Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, intensifying maritime security threats near NATO coastal waters.
- Prime Minister Radev summoned Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova, stating Bulgaria lacks 'solid and unambiguous evidence' to blame a specific party while arguing 'the logic suggests that the outcome benefits the Russian Federation.'
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned the strikes, calling the Black Sea 'another front of escalation of the Russian war in Ukraine' and warning that attacks threaten global food security.
- Bulgaria is seeking technical assistance from NATO and the European Union to strengthen maritime and air surveillance, aiming to establish drone origins and improve response capabilities amid escalating maritime threats.
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On a tense maritime night, the waters off Bulgaria in the Black Sea were turned into the scene of drone attacks on commercial vessels, to exhale Sofia, NATO and the European Union in the midst of indirect accusations against Russia.
Two ships were hit in the Black Sea, one sank and the other had to be rescued.
Varna (Bulgaria), 13 Oct (EFE).- Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has acknowledged that he has no evidence of Russian authorship in the sinking of one freighter and damage to another this Tuesday in the Black Sea, but he has pointed out that "it does not make sense" that Ukraine has been responsible and that it is [...] The entry Bulgaria points to the Russian authorship in the attacks on freighters because "they are favored" was first publi…
One of the two merchant ships has a Ukrainian owner. Only last week two freighters in the Black Sea had been attacked with drones. NATO Secretary General Rutte responds.
Two merchant ships were hit by drones on Tuesday, 13 October, off the coast of Bulgaria, in the Black Sea. One of them sank and 11 of its crew members remain missing. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated that the consequences of the attacks benefit Russia, although he acknowledged that there is no conclusive evidence of its authorship.
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