Overview
- The Turkish-owned cargo ship MV Royad Mammadov was struck on Monday in the Black Sea, an attack that killed two foreign seafarers and injured several crew members.
- Romanian rescue teams evacuated survivors and treated the wounded, and Constanța County Hospital provided medical care to one injured Indian crew member.
- The Embassy of India in Bucharest coordinated on-the-ground support, arranged logistics and essentials, and confirmed that Sahil Sandhu, Ashwini Kumar and Harman Singh departed Romania for India on Saturday.
- Some outlets described the strike as a Russian drone attack but official coverage stresses that formal, independent attribution remains limited at this stage.
- The vessel was carrying corn from Izmail, Ukraine, to Ravenna, Italy, highlighting how attacks on commercial shipping threaten grain routes and the safety of a large international seafaring workforce that includes many Indian nationals.