The cargo ship Able was carrying wheat and sailing south when the drones attacked, while the Alfa Watan was heading north with the cargo being unknown. The Royad Mammadov had been carrying corn loaded in the Ukrainian port of Ismail when it was reportedly attacked by both aerial drones and drone boats.

A Turkish cargo ship bound for Italy was struck by Russian drones and sunk in the Black Sea, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Romanian authorities said a "complex mission" was needed to rescue the crew members in the waters of the Black Sea.

Bulgarian authorities launched a major search on Tuesday for the missing crew of a ship that sank in the Black Sea after drones hit two vessels in what the prime minister slammed as an "absolutely unacceptable" attack.

Bulgarian authorities investigating origin of drone attack on two vessels in Nato member’s exclusive economic zone. What we know on day 1,687