In the past few hours, a hail of bullets has hit several ships in the two most safety-critical areas today of international maritime traffic: the Strait of Hormuz and the Black. Today Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev convened a emergency meeting of the Security Council of the Council of Ministers Ministers following a new drone attack on a ship merchant ship that occurred 18 nautical miles east of Byala, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The prime minister explained that search and rescue units engaged in the area, where In recent days there have been other attacks ( of 6 October 2026), received a distress call from of a ship in distress. The emergency intervention of the maritime rescue of Varna has made it possible to rescue the entire crew of the ship, consisting of seven Ukrainian citizens and eight citizens of Azerbaijan, who were transported to the port of Varna where five seafarers received assistance medical.

To have been hit by three drones was the ship for Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3 general goods, registered in Odessa and flying the Maltese flag. "The last attack on commercial ships in the immediate vicinity of the Bulgarian territorial waters - denounced Radev - is totally unacceptable. Our Permanent Representatives at NATO and the European Union have been informed. È A meeting with the Secretary General is planned - he announced of NATO, Mark Rutte".

Bulgarian Prime Minister confirmed that Bulgaria is investigating the attacks on three ships that took place in these days in Bulgaria's special economic zone, for the who asked for technical support from the EU and NATO. "I don't we have solid and clear evidence to against a specific party, but, as I have already stated above, logic suggests that the outcome should go to advantage of the Russian Federation. Therefore, today I will convene Ambassador Mitrofanova for a meeting."

In addition, during the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers security, the Bulgarian prime minister announced that Information about another ship hit 17 nautical miles away east of Krapets, an area that is still part of the economic zone special of Bulgaria. Radev announced that the ship is sunk and that a crew member was taken to safe.

Meanwhile, the British United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that a series of attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Two oil tankers were hit as they left the Persian Gulf, so like a product tanker traveling in the same direction. A container ship, on the other hand, was hit by a bullet while he was crossing the Strait on his way to the Gulf Perch. Two of these vessels are the product tanker Petro Dolphin and the Valthera oil tanker. Condemning the attacks on these ships, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India has announced that two of the 11 crew members of the Petro Dolphin are missing, while the 11 crew members are safe of Valthera, all of Indian nationality, on the which a fire broke out.