UNACCEPTABLE: Drones Sink Two Cargo Ships Near NATO Countries, Dead and Missing...

Two cargo ships sank and a third caught fire after drone attacks in the Black Sea on October 5-6, killing at least two sailors and leaving others missing. The vessels—the Alfa Watan, Able, and Royad Mammadov—were struck in the exclusive economic zones of Bulgaria and Romania, NATO members, marking the first time such attacks have reached NATO waters. Ukraine's military attributes the strikes to Russian drones, while the EU called them unacceptable violations of maritime law. The incidents reflect escalating naval warfare in the Black Sea, where both Russia and Ukraine have deployed increasingly sophisticated drone weapons since Russia's 2022 invasion.