# Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit two Black Sea ships

https://mins.news/en/item/87870

- France 24, 2026-10-06 10:24 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261006-bulgaria-searches-for-missing-crew-as-drones-hit-two-more-black-sea-ships

> Bulgarian authorities launched a search on Tuesday for crew members missing after a boat sank in Bulgaria’s Black Sea economic zone. The vessel went down after drones struck two merchant ships, as fallout from the war in Ukraine increasingly disrupts Black Sea shipping.

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