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Drones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria says
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev says drones struck two ships in the Black Sea, sinking one and prompting emergency rescue operations. The Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship Dignity sank after it was hit by a military strike.
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Bulgaria will summon Russia’s ambassador to Sofia after ships were hit overnight in the immediate vicinity of Bulgarian territorial waters, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev says drones struck two ships in the Black Sea, sinking one and prompting emergency rescue operations. The Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship Dignity sank after it was hit by a military strike.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev called the attacks "absolutely unacceptable" and said Bulgaria had informed its permanent representatives to NATO and the European Union.
Bulgaria has seen the second spate of drone attacks on merchant ships off its coast in the past week. Russia has been accused of repeatedly targeting civilian cargo ships in the area.
By Lauren Kent, Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Several sailors are missing following a drone attack on a vessel off the coast of Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian officials, prompting the country’s government to summon the Russian ambassador.
NATO will put drone strikes in the Black Sea on its agenda at a meeting next week, officials said Thursday, following two new attacks and the disappearance of seven people. Incidents involving civilian vessels in the Black Sea have been on the rise off the coasts of Bulgaria and Romania in a suspect…
Romanian authorities launched search and rescue operations off the Black Sea coast Thursday after a drone struck a ship which then caught fire, the latest in a spate of strikes that has raised fears that Russia's war in Ukraine is spreading.
