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Three ships struck by drones in Black Sea near Romanian shipping canal, PM says
- Drones hit three commercial ships in the Black Sea near Romania; crews controlled fires, and no casualties were reported
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BUCHAREST: Three commercial ships were struck by drones in the Black Sea near Romania’s Sulina canal late on Saturday, Prime Minister Luca Niculescu said on Sunday, adding the country scrambled fighter jets twice.
Defence Minister Stefan Radu Oprea said there were no casualties and that the ships’ crews had managed to control the fires on board. He said the three ships were Greek-flagged oil and chemical tanker Evia Petrol V, bulk carrier Marsol and oil products tanker Ali Najafov, both under the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.