Three crew injured as cargo ship hit by drone attack near Russia's Novorossiysk
Captain Yalın Şahin said six or seven drones hit the vessel, triggering a fire and injuring four crew members, including three Turkish nationals.
- A Turkish-owned cargo ship named NADHEZNA was hit by a drone attack near Novorossiysk, Russia, injuring four crew members, including three Turkish nationals, and causing a fire on board.
- Captain Yalın Şahin accused Ukraine of the attack, claiming six or seven drones targeted the vessel, but Ukrainian authorities have not commented on the allegation.
- The crew managed to extinguish the fire, though ongoing drone activity initially prevented the Russian Navy from assisting the ship.
- The attack highlights growing maritime dangers amid the Russia-Ukraine war, with commercial ships increasingly caught in escalating Black Sea hostilities.
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Turkey denounced on Tuesday the drone attacks in the Black Sea on two ships belonging to Turkish shipowners, causing injuries among the crew. ...
Three crew members of a Turkish freighter were seriously injured in a drone attack near Novorossiysk. The crew filmed the attack, the foreship was set on fire. There were also drone attacks on cargo ships in the Ukrainian Mykolayiv.
At least four people were injured after drones hit a Turkish-owned cargo ship in the Black Sea off the Russian port of Novorossiysk. The ship's captain blamed the attack on Ukraine, which is stepping up air strikes on Russian territory in response to the ongoing invasion. Kiev has not yet officially commented on the reports of the ship being hit.
The bow wrapped in flames, a person of the crew with bloody face and escape on a rescue boat. The Nadezhda cargo ship was hit by a drone on August 3, about 20 nautical miles from the Russian port of Novorossiysk, in the Black Sea. All 22 persons on board were evacuated, while three suffered serious injuries. The merchant was headed for the Turkish port of Samsun and the fire continued after the attack. It has not yet been established who launche…
Three crew injured as cargo ship hit by drone attack near Russia's Novorossiysk
Three crew members were seriously injured after a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship was hit in a drone attack near Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Turkey's maritime authority said late on Monday.
The majority of the crew of the Nadezhda, which sailed under the Cameroonian flag, were also Turkish.
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