Two ships ablaze in Romanian Black Sea waters, 7 sailors missing
Rescuers searched for seven missing crew as Romanian officials said the fires came amid a recent wave of Black Sea drone attacks.
- 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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Romanian authorities have not yet linked the tanker fires to the Russian airstrike, although several drones violated the country's airspace in connection with it at night.
In the Black Sea off Romania's coast a fire broke out on a merchant ship. Several sailors are still missing. Whether the fire was triggered by a drone is unclear. Finally, drone attacks occurred more frequently here.
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In the Black Sea, another cargo ship is in flames. Eight sailors are missing. There is conflicting information about the cause.
Two tankers were attacked in Romania ' s territorial waters this night, and in Bucharest the incident was said to have occurred against the background of Russian drone invasions into Romanian airspace, transmitting Reuters.
Two ships ablaze in Romanian Black Sea waters, 7 sailors missing
BUCHAREST: Rescuers were searching for seven missing crew on Thursday (Oct 15) from one of two chemical tankers that caught fire overnight inside Romanian territorial waters in the Black Sea, after Russian drones strayed into Romanian airspace, Romanian officials said.Romanian officials stopped short of expli
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