Two ships hit by drones off Bulgaria, one sinks, 11 sailors missing
Most outlets led with the drone attack on two ships off Bulgaria’s coast, noting one sank and 11 sailors are missing. Several mentioned the suspected involvement of Russian drones, while others framed the cause more generally as a "drone attack." A few provided additional details, such as the nationality of the affected sailors or the name of the vessel. The timing — a second such incident in a week — was noted in most excerpts.
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Eleven sailors missing after drone attack sinks cargo ship off Bulgaria
Eleven sailors remained missing on Tuesday after a drone attack sank a cargo ship off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, officials said. Bulgarian authorities identified the vessel as the Guinea-Bissau-flagged HS Dignity. Five crew members were rescued, while search and rescue teams continued looking for the missing sailors near the village of Krapets. Read More: Pakistani […]
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Syrian, Egyptian sailors missing after suspected Russian drones hit ships off Bulgaria
Two cargo ships were hit by suspected Russian drones near Bulgaria, resulting in one ship sinking and 11 sailors missing. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev summoned Russia’s ambassador following the incident.
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Suspected Russian drones hit two ships off Bulgaria, 11 missing
Suspected Russian drones struck two cargo ships off Bulgaria Tuesday, sinking one vessel and leaving 11 sailors missing in the latest spillover from the Ukraine war in the Black Sea.
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Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria
Two cargo ships were hit by drones overnight and one was sunk, Bulgarian officials said. Bulgaria stopped short of explicitly accusing...
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Drone sinks ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, prime minister says
Two ships were hit by drones off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, and one of them sank, in the second such incident in a week, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Tuesday. The Ukrainian-owned “Chelsea 3”, sailing under the Maltese flag, was hit by three drones and damaged some 18 nautical miles (33 km) off the Bulgarian coast around 1:30am, Radev said. Its crew - seven Ukrainians and eight Azer...
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Two ships hit as drones attack off Bulgaria: PM
SOFIA: Two ships have been struck off the coast of Bulgaria, one in a drone attack, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Tuesday, a week after a similar incident. Radev wrote on social media that a Ukraine-owned cargo ship was “hit by three aerial drones”, and shortly after another ship was hit and sank. He said he intended to summon the Russian ambassador over the “unacceptable” attacks. “We lack s...
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