Overview
- Rescue crews recovered nine survivors and one body after the Comoros-flagged Khoryv sent a distress call about 13 nautical miles off Constanța on Friday and then capsized and sank.
- Romanian authorities and President Nicușor Dan publicly said the vessel was hit by a drone and blamed Russia for escalating attacks on shipping in the western Black Sea.
- NATO has approved deployments of additional maritime patrol aircraft, radar systems and unmanned assets and will provide imagery and forensic support to investigate recent strikes on commercial vessels.
- Romania's Supreme Council for National Defence ordered an accelerated push to develop maritime surveillance, mine-countermeasure and counter‑drone capabilities and to improve operational coordination with allies.
- The attacks threaten the Sulina Canal Danube export corridor that carries Ukrainian grain and could disrupt regional trade and search-and-rescue operations during bad weather.