Media: six sailors missing in the Black Sea were citizens of Syria

On Tuesday night, drones attacked two ships in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone: one ship caught fire and the other sank.

There were six sailors from Syria on board the sunken ship Alfa Watan, they are missing.

18 sailors were evacuated from the grain carrier Able, which caught fire after a drone attack, two of them were seriously injured.

MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. Six missing sailors from the Alfa Watan ship that sank after a drone attack in the Black Sea were citizens of Syria, reports the Bulgarian TV channel Nova.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said drones attacked two ships on Tuesday night in the country's exclusive economic zone. One ship caught fire, the other sank. The Bulgarian authorities do not have information about who owned the attacking drones.

Nova TV contacted Syrian media from the city of Latakia, where the country's largest port is located. They confirmed that there were six Syrian sailors on board the cargo ship Alfa Watan.

The search and rescue operation for the crew members of the Alfa Watan was stopped on Tuesday evening.