Grain under fire: Russian, Ukrainian Black Sea attacks threaten food supply
Summary
A freighter carrying more than 400 containers sank in the Black Sea after a drone attack off Bulgaria on October 28; Bulgarian authorities said all 18 crew members were rescued. Kyiv blamed Russia and said the attack threatened civilian shipping and Ukrainian exports, while the article describes a wider rise in attacks on ships linked to both Russia and Ukraine.Key Facts
- The Liberian-flagged Contship Jet Monrovia was sailing from Haifa, Israel, to Romania when it was attacked and sank.
- The ship carried more than 400 containers, and Bulgarian authorities said all 18 crew members survived.
- Kyiv said Russian drones carried out the attack; the article does not independently confirm who was responsible.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces were not operating in that part of the Black Sea.
- Bulgarian and Romanian authorities and maritime tracking services reported that at least 30 sailors had been killed or gone missing in the recent surge of attacks.
- The article says Ukrainian strikes on Russian freighters and oil tankers intensified in July, amid attacks on Russian industrial and military sites.
- Russian farmers and grain exporters, who usually ship more than two-thirds of their harvests through the Black Sea, are testing a route through the Arctic port of Murmansk.
- Before Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion, about one-third of global grain exports passed through the Black Sea; Ukraine supplied about one-tenth of global wheat exports and 15 percent of corn.
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