In the Black Sea, off the coast of Romania, the Turkish grain-carrying vessel ROYAD MAMMADOV caught fire after being struck by a drone.
The incident occurred approximately 20 nautical miles offshore—outside Romanian territorial waters—near the Pescarus platform, which is owned by the company Petrom.
According to initial reports, the captain was injured and 13 crew members are missing. A search and rescue operation has been launched.
The vessel had departed from the Ukrainian port of Izmail, bound for Italy.
UPT: Two crew members died and 11 were rescued after a ship caught fire and sank outside Romania's territorial waters in the Black Sea, the Romanian Interior Ministry reported.
Earlier, authorities had stated that 13 crew members were missing and the captain had been injured.
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The Turkish vessel ROYAD MAMMADOV, which was sailing the Black Sea from Izmail without authorization from the Russian Armed Forces, ultimately sank.
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