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 "title": "CONTSHIP JET Sinks After Three Sea-Drone Hits — Bulgaria: Drones Outside Territorial Waters Could Not Be Engaged",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/contship-jet-sinks-black-sea-sea-drones-shabla-bulgaria-eez-eftimov-territorial-waters-not-engaged/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/contship-jet-sinks-black-sea-sea-drones-shabla-bulgaria-eez-eftimov-territorial-waters-not-engaged/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-29T19:55:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-11-05T19:55:50.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVarna, 29 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Three uncrewed surface drones struck the Liberian-flagged, Greek-managed container ship CONTSHIP JET about 21 nautical miles south-east of Shabla at midday on 28 October, inside Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone but outside its territorial waters; bound from Haifa to Constanța with 421 containers, it sank during the night\n * All 18 crew, 14 Filipino and four Ukrainian, were brought to Varna unhurt; about 20 containers went overboard, the gov",
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  "naval-defense",
  "central-eastern-europe"
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  "nato",
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