# Drones strike Black Sea merchant vessels, killing at least one

https://mins.news/en/item/87889

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-06 11:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/drones-strike-merchant-vessels-in-black-sea-off-bulgaria-and-ukraine-killing-at-least-one/

> Several merchant vessels were reportedly hit by drones in the Black Sea on Oct. 6. A Russian drone strike on a Marshall Islands-flagged ship killed one crew member and injured seven. Two other ships were attacked near Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone: one sank with its crew missing, while all 18 people aboard the other were rescued after it caught fire.

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