Drone sank Black Sea cargo ship near Romania, killing 1 (Video)

An ore/oil carrier carrying Ukrainian and Azerbaijani crew has been struck off the coast of Romania on Friday, October 23, killing one crew member and leaving three missing, officials said, in the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region that has raised fears of an escalation in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Romanian naval authority said that a large-scale search and rescue mission was underway in the Black Sea after the ship sent a distress signal about 13 nautical miles off the coast of Constanta. The crew consisted of 10 Ukrainian citizens and three Azerbaijanis. Nine were rescued.

Romania’s ministry of internal affairs released footage of the ship showing it to have rolled inverted following its sinking, saying that nine crew members were rescued and were recovered by another commercial vessel in the area, alongside the recovery of the deceased sailor’s body. Search and rescue efforts continue for the three missing sailors.

Later, a Coast Guard ship took over the nine rescued people from the merchant ship that initially intervened to recover them.

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