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Bulgaria searches for missing crew as drones hit two more Black Sea ships

France 246 October 2026, 10:24 UTCBulgaria

Bulgarian authorities are searching for missing the crew members of a boat than sank in its economic zone in the Black Sea after sea and are drones targeted two merchant vessels in the Black sea. Black Sea shipping has been hit by growing fallout from the Ukraine-Russia war in recent months.

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