A Greek container ship sank in the Black Sea after a drone attack off the Bulgarian coast.

Updated 2026-10-31 · told from many outlets at once

A container ship, the Contship Jet, was attacked by three naval drones off Bulgaria’s coast and had 18 crew members rescued after abandoning the vessel.

Sea drones struck a container ship off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast.
Bulgarian authorities rescued the 18 crew members from the ship.
The ship was headed to Constanta, Romania, carrying 421 containers.
Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov stated the drone strikes are part of a growing scope of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The ship departed from the Israeli port of Haifa.

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