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Bulgarian officials report that a merchant ship has sunk following a drone attack in the Black Sea, with its crew missing and not yet accounted for. The incident occurred around 70 miles off Bulgaria’s coast near Byala; air and sea drones were involved at about 3 AM local time. A second grain-carrying vessel was also hit nearby but its 18-person crew, including eleven Turks and seven Indians, were rescued by Bulgarian sailors who found them on rafts after a fire broke out on board. Prime Minister Rumen Radev condemned the attacks as violations of maritime law, occurring within Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 5, 2026, a fire broke out on the ship Royad Mammadov in the Black Sea outside Romania's territorial waters, resulting in two deaths and the rescue of eleven crew members. The incident occurred near an oil platform operated by Romanian energy company OMV Petrom, with the ship sinking afterward. Although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian drones of targeting the vessel carrying grain, Romanian officials did not provide details on the cause of the fire.
On October 6, 2026, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced that two commercial vessels were hit by drones in Bulgaria's Exclusive Economic Zone. One Togo-flagged ship sank with its crew missing, and another ship carrying grain was damaged but had its entire crew rescued. The origin of the drone attack was not immediately clear, but concerns have grown about hybrid attacks by Russia amid its ongoing war in Ukraine.
Written for “Ship Attacks in Black Sea” on 2026-10-06,
grounded in this article and the 6 other(s) covering the same event.
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One merchant ship has sunk and its crew is missing after a drone attack in the Black Sea, Bulgarian officials say.
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A second vessel - carrying grain - was also hit within Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.
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Its crew of 18 were rescued.
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Radev did not say who was behind the attacks, which come as Russia intensifies strikes in the Black Sea as part of its war against Ukraine.
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Moscow has not commented on the latest incident, a day after it was accused by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of striking a civilian vessel carrying corn.
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Air and sea drones were involved in the attacks at about 03:00 (23:00 GMT), some 70 miles (112 km) off the coastal town of Byala in eastern Bulgaria, Radev said.
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The sunken ship was flying under the flag of Togo, he said.
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A Bulgarian vessel was close by, but when they arrived all they saw was an overturned boat and rafts as well as life jackets.
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A search operation has been launched.
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The vessel's cargo was not immediately known.
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Radev said Bulgarian sailors had rescued the crew members from the second ship - including two who were injured in a fire on board.
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The vessel was carrying grain.
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Radev condemned the strikes as "a flagrant violation of maritime law".
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He told reporters: "Such an attack within the Bulgarian exclusive economic zone is absolutely unacceptable."
Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea is just over 29,000 sq km (11,197 sq miles), about 6% of the total size of the Black Sea.
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A separate attack on Tuesday, near Odesa, saw a crew member killed and seven more injured.
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The ship was flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, according to Ukrainian media.
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On Sunday, Russia's defence ministry said it would intensify its strikes across Ukraine in response to comments made by Zelensky earlier last week, in which he said Kyiv would ramp up its attacks on Russian oil refineries.
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Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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