Ship Sinking and Another Injury from Drone Attack in the Black Sea off Bulgaria

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The Bulgarian government announced that two commercial ships were attacked by drones on Tuesday in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, noting that one of them has sunk according to Bulgarian maritime rescue services.

Roman Nikolov, the director of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Varna, stated in remarks reported by Bulgarian public radio that one of the ships sank and its crew was lost, while the crew of the second ship was rescued.

A rescue operation is currently underway about 80 nautical miles (150 kilometers) east of the coastal city of Byala, according to Bulgarian radio.

According to the specialized website 'Maritime.bg', a ship flying the Togolese flag sustained severe damage before sinking.

The site indicated that a fire broke out on another ship flying the Palauan flag, and its crew of 18 members was evacuated by a Bulgarian ferry.

This incident comes a day after an attack targeted the Turkish cargo ship "Royad Mamadov" in Romania's exclusive economic zone, resulting in the death of two crew members and the rescue of eleven others.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of striking the ship with two drones, leading to its sinking.