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Two commercial vessels were struck by drones near the Danube River in the Black Sea late Saturday, with fires breaking out aboard both ships, Romania’s Defense Ministry said, according to Anadolu Agency.
The crews put out the fires, and no casualties were reported, the News.ro outlet said, citing the ministry.
A drone hit the Greek-flagged oil tanker “Evia Petrol V” at about 9:10 p.m. local time (1910 GMT), four nautical miles east-southeast of the Romanian port of Sulina, the ministry said.
About 35 minutes later, at 9:45 p.m. local time, the bulk carrier “Marsol” was struck five nautical miles southeast of the Sulina Canal, also causing a fire aboard the vessel.
Romanian authorities said the incidents occurred after military radar systems detected an aerial target east of Snake Island. Two F-16 fighter jets from the 86th Air Base in Fetesti were deployed to monitor the situation.
Romania, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, has repeatedly scrambled fighter jets and issued public warnings following aerial threats near its territory amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
