Bulgarian PM says drone attack on 2 commercial vessels is ‘blatant violation of international law’
- On Tuesday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev reported that sea and aerial drones attacked two commercial vessels about 80 miles off Bulgaria's coast, marking the first attack on shipping in the country's exclusive economic zone.
- The strikes followed a separate attack against a Turkish-owned cargo ship in the Black Sea one day earlier; Romanian authorities reported two deaths and 11 crew members rescued after the vessel sank.
- During the incident, the Togo-flagged Alfa Watan sank after critical structural damage, while the Palau-flagged Able caught fire; a Bulgarian ferry evacuated all 18 crew members and two sailors with severe injuries were flown to Varna hospital.
- Radev called the incident "an unacceptable attack in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone," adding it is "seriously disrupting shipping in the Black Sea, driving up insurance costs and making shipping extremely difficult."
- Last month, Gen Alex Grynkewich urged NATO members to publicly identify those responsible for drone sabotage once sufficient evidence is gathered, though the origin of the drones in these attacks remains unestablished.
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Bulgaria has been on high alert after drones attacked two commercial ships in the Black Sea, inside the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone, with one sinking and its crew missing. Bulgarian authorities have launched a major search and rescue operation, while Prime Minister Rumen Radev warned that the ongoing conflict was widening the danger for the wider region. Radev: “The war is expanding its geographical scope” Speaking at an emergency governm…
On Tuesday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, condemned the "unacceptable" attacks on civilian vessels in the Black Sea.
"Ships from countries outside the EU can stay for up to 8 p.m. And Turkey's position is against foreign warships entering the Black Sea," Karakachanov, a former military minister, politician, and historian, told the Bulgarian National Radio. Regarding the cleaning of the Black Sea, where drones fall and there are mines, he commented: "The commitment is on the part of the countries of the Black Sea basin, they are most interested in undertaking c…
The President of Bulgaria, Iliana Yotova, convened a meeting of the National Security Advisory Council on 7 October in connection with the drone attack on merchant vessels in the Black Sea; threats to the safety of navigation and critical infrastructure of Bulgaria against the background of the situation in Ukraine will be the main theme of the meeting; TASS will be referred to President Iliana Yotov ' s press service; former Prime Minister…
The explosion can be seen from a ferry. In front of the Bulgarian coast in the Black Sea, drones meet two merchant ships - one of them sinks. Much is still unclear, in Bulgaria there is indignation.
One merchant ship sunk and his crew went missing after a drone attack in the Black Sea, yet another was set on fire, but 18 members of his crew were able to evacuate.
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