Two people died and 11 were rescued after a ship caught fire and sank in the Black Sea
A fire on a Turkish cargo vessel in the Black Sea killed two people. The ship sank thirty nautical miles south of Sfantu Gheorghe. Eleven crew members were rescued by Romanian authorities. The vessel was en route from Ukraine to Italy.
- Two people died when a fire started on a vessel in the Black Sea.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy blamed Russian drones for the incident.
- Eleven crew members were rescued from the sinking ship by Romanian authorities.
- A Russian Defence Ministry bulletin said Russia struck two cargo vessels; the ship was the Turkish vessel Royad Mammadov.
- The vessel was heading from Izmail, Ukraine, to Ravenna, Italy.
- The ship sank about thirty nautical miles south of Sfantu Gheorghe.
- Romania shares a land border with Ukraine.
- maritime risk expert Ambrey said war-related objects in the Black Sea increased more than double in six months.
Outlets: Al-Monitor, Channels TV, Cyprus Mail, Kathimerini, The Independent, Turkish Minute, Ukrainska Pravda (English)
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