Conflits · Transport maritime en mer NoireDeux des 13 membres d'équipage morts après le naufrage d'un cargo de maïs au large de la Roumanie, et personne n'a encore prouvé ce qui l'a touchéRédigé 6 octobre 2026 à 10:14 UTCRegarderTranscription0:09A corn ship sank in the Black Sea, and two sailors are dead.0:13The Royad Mamadov was Turkish-owned, crewed by Azerbaijani and Indian seafarers, and0:18went down inside the economic zone of Romania, a NATO and EU member.0:22Ukraine says two Russian drones hit it.0:24So what actually hit the ship and how many people did it kill?0:27The numbers do not match.0:29Romania's Interior Ministry says two people died and 11 were rescued.0:33Ukraine's president counts one confirmed death, the captain and one person still0:37unaccounted for.0:38They may describe the same two people at different stages of the search, but that is0:42an inference and no source states it.0:44India's embassy in Bucharest also says two foreign nationals died.0:47Zelensky posted at about 12.45 GMT on Monday.0:51The words civilian and neutral waters are his own characterization.0:55He accused Russia of choosing terror and sinking civilian vessels, said Ukraine and0:59third countries have proposed Black Sea de-escalation steps and called for pressure1:03to restore food security shipping.1:04The count moved during the day.1:06An early alert from Romania's naval authorities said the captain was injured and 131:11crew were missing.1:12That has been superseded.1:1313 were aboard, and 11 were pulled out alive.1:16The naval authority says three crew were injured and eight unharmed, while Zelensky1:21said one.1:21An Interior Ministry helicopter winched three injured people off, and rescue vessels1:25took the rest.1:26India's embassy says all three Indian crew are safe.1:29One of them injured and treated at Constanța County Hospital.1:33Names have circulated for the dead, a captain identified only as Rustam and the1:37cook, whose body is said to have gone down with the ship.1:40Romania has not confirmed either.1:42The ship went down about 30 nautical miles south of Svantu Gyorghe, near the Danube1:47Delta.1:47That is outside Romania's territorial waters, but inside its economic zone, which is1:52why Zelensky's neutral waters wording is his own.1:54The Coast Guard was alerted by the Constanta Rescue Center at around 11 a.m.1:59The ship was reported near the Pescaros platform run by OMV Petrom, and the operator2:03says the platform kept running normally.2:06Coast Guard vessels and an aviation helicopter ran the rescue.2:09The ship was a general cargo vessel.2:11about 139 to 140 meters long, built in 2006 and flagged in St.2:16Kitts and Nevis, not Turkey.2:19Its registered owner is a Turkey-based company, MG Shipping V.2:23It is tied to the Palmali group and was renamed in 2022 after an Azerbaijani2:27serviceman killed in the Second Karabakh War.2:30It was carrying corn from Ismail in Ukraine toward Ravenna in Italy, a cargo en2:34route no official has confirmed.2:36On caused the sources split.2:37Ukraine's government blames two Russian drones.2:40Romania confirms the fire and the sinking but has not said what caused them, and it2:44did not answer questions on whether a drone was involved.2:47No wreck examination or investigation finding has been published.2:50Russia has not commented on the Royad Mamadov.2:53Its defense ministry said earlier on Monday that it struck two Ukrainian cargo2:57vessels, a dry cargo ship carrying military equipment at Chornomorsk, and another3:01carrying military supplies south of Odessa.3:04It named no vessel, the locations differ from where the ship sank, and nothing3:08public links either to it.3:10Russia has framed recent Black Sea strikes as retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on3:14its refineries and shipping.3:16Turkey's Chamber of Maritime Commerce counts 226 civilian and commercial vessels3:20attacked in the Black Sea since the war began, most of them this year.3:24Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sabiha called the strike cynical given Turkey's3:28role in Black Sea diplomacy.3:29No Turkish or Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry statement on this ship has surfaced, and3:33India's embassy says it is assisting its citizens.3:36So, what hit the ship and how many died?3:39Romania confirms the fire, the sinking, and two deaths.3:43The drone is Ukraine's claim, and Romania has not confirmed it.3:47Still unresolved, whether the toll is two dead or one dead and one missing, who the3:52victims are.3:53Whether Russia will acknowledge or deny the strike, and how Turkey, Azerbaijan,3:57India, and Romania respond when a Turkish-owned ship sinks in a NATO and EU member's4:02economic zone.4:03It is also unclear whether the loss changes insurance or shipping behavior on the4:07Ukrainian grain route.4:08The people at the center are working seafarers from Azerbaijan and India whose ship4:13was carrying food.Lire l’articleChronologie de l’histoireHeyDexLe format court ↗Couverture liéeContexte·23 oct., 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