Ukraine live: Romania probes possible drone attack on tanker
- Romanian rescuers rushed to help the Comoros Islands-flagged Yara J late Wednesday off Sulina near the Ukraine border as authorities investigate a possible drone attack on the vessel.
- Suspected Russian drones have hit several ships off Romania and Bulgaria since last week, marking the latest spillover from the Ukraine war in the Black Sea.
- Defence Minister Radu Miruta stated the ship's crew managed to douse a fire themselves during the incident occurring in Romanian territorial waters.
- Officials told Digi24 that "whether it was struck by a drone or not, an investigation is currently underway," calling the incident a matter of significant gravity in Romanian waters.
- Russian air strikes killed two people in the Ukrainian Dnipropetrovsk region early on Thursday, while British finance minister John Healey called for tighter sanctions on Russia-linked shipping to disrupt shadow fleets.
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In Romania, two F-18 fighter planes arrive to intercept "a group of air targets over the Black Sea". However, it is unclear how successful they are. In any case, a tanker catches fire off the coast.
A ship under the San Marino flag located 14 nautical miles from Sulina (about 22 km) requested help, Thursday morning, from the Romanian authorities, and a crew of the Romanian Agency for the Rescue of Human Life on the Sea (ARSVOM) towards it. UPDATE 08.54: The Romanian Naval Authority announces that a fire has been reported on board ...
A ship of the Romanian Agency for the Rescue of Human Life on the Sea (ARSVOM) participates, Thursday morning, in a rescue mission to a ship located 14 nautical miles from Sulina. Action comes only a few hours after another ship was hit by a drone in Sulina at about 8-10 miles southeast of Dig, in the territorial waters of Romania. The boat caught fire because of the explosion. Article A new ship in flames in the Black Sea. The boat was hit by t…
It is again alert in the Black Sea. A ship located 14 nautical miles from Sulina has asked Romanian sailors for help. A crew is heading towards the oil tanker that would carry chemicals. It is not yet known if the ship was hit by a drone, but last night fighter planes were lifted after military radars detected drones near Sulina and in the area of the Island of the snakes.
A ship of the Romanian Agency for the Rescue of Human Life on the Sea (ARSVOM) participates, Thursday morning, in a rescue mission to a ship located 14 nautical miles from Sulina.
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