BrusselsAt least 23 sailors are missing or dead.
Drone strikes on merchant ships off Romania and Bulgaria are the latest spillover from Russia’s war on Ukraine.
NATO is sending patrol aircraft, radars, drones and forensic teams to trace the explosives, but has not blamed any country.
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rumen Radev says a US P-8 Poseidon already patrols and Sofia expects more help.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 150+ reports worldwide
- Reuters
- adds forensic explosive-exploitation teams and a toll of at least 23 sailors missing or dead over 10 days
- The Hindu
- leads with Bulgaria's PM saying a US military plane began Black Sea patrols after Sofia's plea for help
- Al Jazeera Online
- stresses the 'situational awareness' quote and notes Zelenskyy's blame for the Oct 5 Romanian ship sinking
- Al-Ahram
- quotes NATO spokeswoman Allison Hart's 'one billion people' line and the 32-member ambassadors' talks
Sources: Reuters, The Hindu, Al Jazeera Online, Al-Ahram, Al Arabiya