Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria
- On Tuesday, aerial drones struck two commercial cargo vessels off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, sinking one and prompting emergency maritime rescue operations, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.
- These strikes follow a near-identical incident on October 6, when drones targeted two other vessels in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, indicating a pattern of maritime hostility.
- The Maltese-flagged, Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3 was hit by three drones 18 nautical miles off Byala; rescuers evacuated all 15 crew members, with five receiving minor injuries.
- Radev summoned Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova and requested NATO and European Union assistance, though he stated Bulgaria lacks 'solid and unambiguous evidence' to formally assign blame.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned the attacks, warning the Black Sea has become 'another front of escalation of the Russian war in Ukraine' and demanding accountability.
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NATO will adjust its defence system, "as needed", after further drone strikes against trading ships in the Black Sea near the Bulgarian coast, said its Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Romin Radev announced that two ships had been attacked by drones off the Bulgarian coast.
Nato member Bulgaria appeals for help as commercial ship sinks in Black Sea
Drones struck two ships in the Black Sea off Bulgaria on Tuesday, sinking one and prompting emergency rescue operations, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. Rescuers evacuated all 15 crew members from one ship, the Maltese-flagged Chelsea 3, with five receiving treatment for minor injuries, Radev said in a video posted to social media. The crew, which included seven Ukrainian citizens and eight Azerbaijani citizens, reported the ship’s deck and hul…
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