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| Wreckage of Nazi ships appears in shallow Danube River in Serbia |
| 2026-08-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] The wreckage of sunken Nazi ships from World War II has surfaced in the shallow Danube River in Serbia. This was announced on August 6 by Branislav Ginić, head of the river port's captaincy. The sunken ships belonged to a Nazi river flotilla that German troops sank during their retreat from the Red Army in 1944. Due to sunken ships on the section of the Danube near Prahovo and the Djerdap 2 hydroelectric power station, the width of the shipping channel was reduced by half: from 180 to 90 m. Ginic noted that the exposed debris does not impede vessel traffic. He explained that shipping on the Danube in Bulgaria and Romania has virtually ceased, so only a few shallow-draft vessels are entering Serbian waters. "The debris that has surfaced has been marked and is visible. The exact number of places where it has emerged from the water has not been calculated. As for the recovery of the vessels, that is the responsibility of the Ministry of Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure," the head of the ministry told RIA Novosti. On August 2, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić warned of a threat to navigation on the Danube due to a water shortage. He stated that the consequences could impact the operation of the country's only oil refinery in Pancevo. On August 2, Hungary's only nuclear power plant, the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, was shut down for the first time in 44 years due to low water levels in the Danube River. Experts estimate that restarting the plant could take up to a week after the required water level is restored, as a stable supply of coolant is required to fully restart the units. |
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