Drone attack sinks one ship and hits another off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast

Bulgarian officials said drones struck two merchant ships in the Black Sea off the country's coast, sinking one and leaving its crew missing.

• Drones struck two merchant ships in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone early Tuesday, sinking a Togo-flagged vessel and setting a grain carrier ablaze, officials said.
• The sunken vessel's crew remains missing, while the grain carrier's 18 crew were rescued, two injured in a fire, officials said.
• Prime Minister Rumen Radev condemned the strikes as "a flagrant violation of maritime law" and called the attack within Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone "absolutely unacceptable."
• Radev scheduled an emergency government meeting for Tuesday, and President Iliyana Yotova cancelled her scheduled visits.
• The drone attack was the first of its kind in Bulgarian waters, officials said.
• The sunken Togo-flagged vessel was identified as the Alfa Watan, and the second ship as the Palau-flagged Able, officials said.
• A search was underway for the missing crew of the Alfa Watan, Bulgarian officials said.