Black Sea drone attacks test NATO resolve

A string of drone attacks on cargo ships in Romanian and Bulgarian waters has NATO allies asking whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is testing the alliance’s resolve

ATTACKS ON CARGO SHIPS (Oct 1-15)
Damaged
Sunk
Romanian ​territorial waters*
Romanian EEZ†
Bulgarian ​territorial waters
Bulgarian ​EEZ

†Exclusive Economic Zone extends up to 200 nautical miles (370km / 230 miles) from nation’s coastal baseline
*Extend up to 12 nautical miles (around 22km / 14 miles)

Romanian and Bulgarian war ships during multinational naval exercise in Apr 2024

Under Russian control

Oct 15
Wine Trader

Oct 5,
Royad 
Mammadov

Oct 14
Yara J

Oct 13, HS Dignity

Oct 6, Able

Oct 6, Alfa Watan

Oct 13
Chelsea 3

Crimea
Annexed by Russia in 2014

BLACK SEA
Sea of Azov
Bosphorus Strait
GREECE
TÜRKIYE
MOLDOVA
Istanbul
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
Odesa60 miles100kmAt least 25 sailors
reported missing or killed

Sources: AP, Reuters, ICC, UNCLOS
Picture: Getty Images
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