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Commercial vessels attacked by drones off Bulgarian coast

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev reported that two commercial vessels were attacked by drones off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, resulting in one ship sinking. Fifteen crew members from the Malta-flagged vessel Chelsea 3 were rescued, while one crew member was recovered from the sunken ship. The fate of any remaining crew members and the party responsible for the strikes remain unconfirmed.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on casualties across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • stheadline11水手失蹤
  • rfi11人失踪
  • epochtimes11人失踪
  • cna-tw11人下落不明
  • pts11名船員下落不明
  • bastillepost八人失蹤
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • newtalk俄
  • stheadline無人機
  • rfi俄
  • chinanews保加利亚
  • pts俄羅斯
  • bastillepost無人機
4 differing positions reported on location across 8 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw保加利亞黑海岸外
  • newtalk黑海
  • stheadline保加利亞海域
  • rfi黑海
  • chinanews黑海
  • epochtimes黑海
  • pts黑海
  • bastillepost羅馬尼亞黑海
2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw最新
  • stheadline夜
2 differing positions reported on status across 8 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw擊沉
  • newtalk遭無人機攻擊
  • stheadline夜襲
  • rfi遇袭
  • chinanews遭袭
  • epochtimes遭无人机袭击
  • pts懷疑
  • bastillepost起火
Wherenot resolved
First reported12 days ago
Published2026-10-13 10:14 UTC
Sources8
How this travelled.
Reports11Independent tellings7
7 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.

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Global Event Monitor. Commercial vessels attacked by drones off Bulgarian coast. 2026-10-13T10:14:32.762Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5715. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-13/vessel-attacked-9d881ef6

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