Sea drones attack container ship off Bulgaria: vessel sinks, four Ukrainians were on board. VIDEO
In the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast, sea drones attacked the Liberian-flagged container ship CONTSHIP JET. The vessel sank, but all 18 crew members, including four Ukrainians, were rescued.
Censor.NET reports this, citing the Bulgarian publication Novinite.
The container ship was sailing from the Israeli port of Haifa to Constanta, Romania, when it was attacked by several sea drones approximately 17 nautical miles off Cape Kaliakra, in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone.
The strikes left three holes in the ship’s starboard side. The container ship sank at around midnight on 29 October.
There were 18 sailors on board, 14 Filipino nationals and four Ukrainians. All crew members were rescued and evacuated to the Bulgarian city of Varna.
According to the publication, the container ship was carrying 421 containers. During the incident, 20 of them fell into the sea.
The specialist maritime website Maritime.bg released footage of the attack. It shows a sea drone approaching the container ship’s starboard side.
It has not yet been reported who carried out the attack.
