Russian drone attack sinks grain ship in Romanian Black Sea waters

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed a Russian drone attack for sinking a grain ship in Romania's Black Sea waters, killing two people and injuring others, raising fears the war could spill over into NATO territory. The Romanian coastguard was alerted to a fire on the vessel, which was in the country's exclusive economic zone and carried corn owned by Turkiye, with Azerbaijani and Indian citizens aboard. Romania did not identify the cause, but Zelenskyy described it as a strike by two Russian drones on a civilian vessel. The incident follows multiple suspected incursions along NATO's eastern flank this year, including drone hits in Romania and Moldova, airspace violations in Poland and the Baltics, and the destruction of nine drifting sea mines by Romanian forces since the war began.