The ship received minor damage.
Turkish cargo ship hit a mine off the coast Romania in the Black Sea and received minor damage.
This is reported by Reuters, citing sources.
In particular, yesterday at about 9:20 GMT (12:20 Kiev time) 11 nautical miles north of the city of Sulina, the cargo ship hit a mine.
After the explosion, it anchored to assess the consequences of the damage. Three hours later the ship continued moving. The crew members were not injured, and the ship received minor damage.
A source in the Ukrainian government confirmed the incident to reporters. It could have been either a mine from World War II or a mine from the Russian-Ukrainian war.
At the same time, the head of the Turkish consulting company Bosphorus Observer said that the incident occurred with the Kafkametler vessel. And the MarineTraffic vessel tracking service shows that the ship dropped anchor on the Danube near the Ukrainian terminal in Vilkovo.
We would like to remind you that in the area of the Bystroe mouth of the Danube River, a small hydrographic vessel as a result explosion on an unknown explosive device received a hole in the bow below the waterline. The crew took measures to combat the survivability of the surface vessel.
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