Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria
Bulgaria said 11 sailors were missing after one cargo ship sank and 15 crew were rescued from another vessel hit by three drones.
- 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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11 missing after ships struck off Bulgaria in latest Black Sea attack
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev summoned the Russian ambassador after drones struck a Ukrainian-owned cargo ship, while another vessel was also hit and sank further north off the coast of the NATO and EU member. Black Sea shipping has been hit by growing fallout from the Ukraine-Russia war in recent months. Radev said the Ukrainian-owned cargo ship Chelsea 3 was "hit by three aerial drones", and shortly afterwards another ship was "struck" …
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Two new ships were struck near the Bulgarian coast, Prime Minister Roumen Radev announced on Tuesday.
Eleven people were reported missing after further strikes on two merchant ships near the Bulgarian coast in the Black Sea.
Two ships struck by drones in Black Sea off Bulgaria
Eleven sailors are missing after drone strikes hit two cargo ships off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast on Tuesday, 13 October, sinking one vessel and damaging another. Bulgaria has summoned Russia's ambassador and requested assistance from NATO and the European Union. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev condemned the attacks, which occurred near the country's territorial waters, and convened an emergency meeting with security officials.
The 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 in the Black Sea, but he has pointed out that it is Moscow who benefits from the attacks Why the Black Sea has once again become an area of global destabilization At least 11 sailors have disappeared in the sea this Tuesday after the sinking of a ship by a drone attack off the coast of Bu…
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