A Romanian maritime dredger suffered, on Thursday evening, minor damage following the explosion of a sea mine, in the Black Sea, over 40 kilometers away from the port of Constanţa (south-east), with no casualties reported, the General Staff of the Naval Forces informs. The 75 soldiers of the crew are not in danger, the ship’s buoyancy was not affected, and there are no major damages on board. After the launch of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, this is the third mine reaching the area of responsibility of the Romanian Naval Forces. From the beginning of the war until now, 28 sea mines have been destroyed in the western part of the Black Sea, of which three are from Turkey, two from Romania, one from Bulgaria and 22 from Ukraine.
Eugen Cojocariu, Radio Romania International
