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Breaking News. - Drones Hit Two Ships Off Coast of Bulgaria

  • On Tuesday, drones struck two merchant ships in the Black Sea off Bulgaria, sinking one vessel and damaging another, according to local media reports.
  • Since the Ukraine-Russia war started four years ago, European countries have encountered Russian drones breaching airspace and naval mines drifting across critical Black Sea trade routes.
  • The latest drone attack follows a separate incident near Romania's territorial waters where two people died aboard a ship in the Black Sea.
  • Prime Minister Rumen Radev is convening a meeting with security services today, while the office of President Iliana Iotova confirmed the attack in the NATO member nation.
  • Responsibility for the strikes remains unclear, and the government declined to comment; rescue operations continue as it is not yet known if anyone was injured or killed.
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Two commercial ships were hit by drones on Tuesday in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone. A Bulgarian ferry intervened and rescued the 18 crew members of one of the ships, while the other boat sank off the coast, near Byala, reports BGNES and Novinite.com.

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Drone sinks ship in Bulgaria's Black Sea - media reports

·London, United Kingdom
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A rescue operation is under way off Bulgaria, where drones hit two ships, one of which sank. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of being manoeuvring.

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Two commercial ships were hit by drones in the exclusive economic zone of Bulgaria in the Black Sea; one of them sank, and the 18 crew members of the other ships were rescued, according to information provided by the Bulgarian authorities, Novinite reports.

·Bucharest, Romania
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Drones hit two merchant ships in Bulgarian waters, sinking one. A ferry came to the aid of the crew of the other vessel, and all 18 sailors on board were rescued. The incident is the first such attack on vessels in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Drones have hit two ships in Bulgaria's Black Sea economic zone, the presidency in Sofia announced on Tuesday. One of the vessels is believed to have sunk. The article Two more ships were hit by drones in the Black Sea. One of the vessels sank first appeared on Romania TV.

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n-tv broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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