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2026-10-08 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Six Syrian sailors missing after cargo ship sinks off Bulgaria

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1 Bulgaria halts rescue operation for crew of sunken ship

SOFIA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov of the Maritime Administration Executive Agency said ‌on Wednesday.

Early on Tuesday, two ships were hit in a drone attack in Bulgaria's Black Sea exclusive economic zone. One sank and the other was damaged. The crew of the damaged ship were rescued, but the crew of the sunken one remain missing.

Nikolov said 12 crew members were believed to have been on board the ship which sank, all of them from Syria. The rescue operation will not resume, he added.

"There are no traces of the sailors from the first ship, ⁠and there will be none. There is also no information about drone remains," he told reporters.

"A boat, three life rafts and parts of the ship's equipment have been found."

It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack involving air and sea drones in waters off the coastal town of Byala in eastern Bulgaria, but there are growing concerns about hybrid attacks by Russia as it wages war in Ukraine.

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