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Two vessels struck by drones off Bulgarian coast

Two ships were reported struck by drones approximately 24 kilometres off the Bulgarian coast in the Black Sea, resulting in one vessel sinking. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated that one of the vessels was Ukrainian-owned. The cargo and the source of the drones have not been confirmed.

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4 differing positions reported on casualties across 7 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegram11 sailors missing
  • themoscowtimesLeaving 11 Missing
  • vijesti11 mornara
  • gcaptain11 Missing
  • taipeitimesEleven missing
  • arabnewsmissing
  • ynetnews11 sailors missing
13 differing positions reported on attribution across 20 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramBulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev
  • thehinduBulgarian Prime Minister
  • n1infoRumen Radev
  • meduzaбеспилотники
  • maritime-executiveBulgaria
  • aljazeeraPM
  • theguardiandrones of unknown origin
  • theinsДроны
  • kyivindependentPrime Minister Radev
  • balkaninsightRussian
  • bbcRussian
  • google-alertsdrone
  • deutscheRussia
  • 14ymedioUcrania
  • gcaptainBulgaria
  • themoscowtimesRussian
  • vijestiDronovi
  • arabnewsRussian
  • hellenicshippingdrone attack
  • allkharkovросійськими
12 differing positions reported on location across 25 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramBulgaria’s Black Sea coast
  • thehinduoff Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast
  • tassBlack Sea off Bulgaria
  • klix-bakod obale Bugarske
  • n1infokod bugarske obale Crnog mora
  • meduzaУ берегов Болгарии
  • aljazeeraoff Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast
  • rferlԲուլղարիայի ափերի մոտ
  • theguardianBulgarian coast
  • splash247off Bulgaria
  • theinsу берегов Болгарии
  • kyivindependentnear Bulgaria's Black Sea coast
  • balkaninsightBlack Sea
  • bbcoff Bulgaria
  • google-alertsoff Bulgaria
  • deutscheBlack Sea
  • 14ymedioRusia
  • themoscowtimesBulgaria
  • vijestiBugarske
  • gcaptainNear NATO Waters
  • taipeitimesBulgaria
  • arabnewsoff Bulgaria
  • hellenicshippingBlack Sea
  • allkharkovЧорне море
  • ynetnewsoff Bulgaria
6 differing positions reported on timing across 7 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramOctober 13
  • maritime-executiveLatest
  • splash247Two more
  • theinsЗа неделю
  • google-alertsnew
  • bbcnew
  • n1infohitan
2 differing positions reported on status across 25 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramstruck
  • thehindusinks
  • tasscomes under drone attack
  • klix-bapogođena
  • n1infopotopio
  • meduzaатаковали
  • maritime-executiveReports
  • aljazeerasinks
  • rferlենթարկվել
  • theguardianhit
  • splash247hit
  • theinsатаковали
  • kyivindependenthit
  • bbcsinks
  • google-alertssinks
  • deutschecondemns
  • 14ymediolanza
  • gcaptainHit
  • themoscowtimesDrone Attack
  • vijestinapali
  • taipeitimeshit
  • arabnewssuspected
  • hellenicshippingsinks
  • allkharkovатаки
  • ynetnewsattacks
WhereBulgaria
42.731, 24.991 ±400 km
First reported12 days ago
Published2026-10-13 07:41 UTC
Occurred2026-10-13
Sources26
How this travelled.
Reports42Independent tellings25
25 independently corroborated tellings, 2 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. Two vessels struck by drones off Bulgarian coast. 2026-10-13T07:41:12.794Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5698. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-13/novi-incident-kod-obale-bugarske-dva-trgovacka-broda-pogoena-dronovima-8d6b0dbc

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