Drones strike two ships off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, one sinks

started October 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM · last changed 16m ago

Summary

Bulgarian PM Rumen Radev reported that two merchant ships were hit by drones in the Black Sea off Bulgaria's coast, with one sinking, in the second such incident in a week. The Malta-flagged, Ukrainian-owned "Chelsea 3" was struck by three drones about 33 km offshore with all 15 crew rescued, and one crew member of the sunken vessel was also rescued.

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Extract from the source

- Incident se dogodio oko 24 kilometra od bugarske obale, a za sada nema podataka o poreklu dronova ni o teretu na brodovima. Dva broda

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07:45 AMKurirOpen the original

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Timeline

10/13, 09:01
Bugarski premijer Rumen Radev izjavio je da su dva broda pogođena dronovima u Crnom moru, oko 24 kilometra od bugarske obale, pri čemu je jedan od brodova potonuo. Nisu date dodatne informacije o porijeklu dronova, teretu na brodovima niti okolnostima napada.
Start
10/13, 09:37
New reports add the ship's name and details ("Chelsea 3", Malta flag, Ukrainian ownership), the exact time of the attack (around 1:30 am), the distance from shore (18 nautical miles/33 km), crew nationalities (seven Ukrainians, eight Azerbaijanis), and that one crew member of the sunken vessel was also rescued. They also note this is the second such incident in a week and that Radev plans to speak with the NATO secretary general.
Bugarska · 4 sources

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Sources (14)

07:45 AMKurirOpen the original
08:06 AMKlix.baOpen the original
08:42 AMTelegrafiOpen the original
08:54 AMIndex.hrOpen the original
08:54 AMDnevni avazOpen the original
08:58 AMVečernji list BiHOpen the original
09:00 AMBUKA (6yka)Open the original
09:05 AMJutarnji listOpen the original
09:06 AMN1 HrvatskaOpen the original
09:08 AMNova.rsOpen the original
09:19 AMRadiosarajevo.baOpen the original
09:23 AMDanasOpen the original
09:25 AMN1 SrbijaOpen the original
09:31 AMTelegram.hrOpen the original

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