# Captain killed in drone attack on Black Sea ship, Azerbaijan says

https://mins.news/en/item/87987

- TASS, 2026-10-06 12:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2198177

> Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry says the cargo vessel Royad Mammadov was hit by a drone off Romania’s Black Sea coast on October 5. Captain Rustam Gasanov, an Azerbaijani citizen, was killed and another Azerbaijani citizen went missing. Other Azerbaijani crew members were rescued, three of them taken to hospital, and search efforts are underway.

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