Black Sea: reported attacks, 2026
Strikes on ships, ports and naval vessels in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, including Odesa and Novorossiysk.
The ledger logs incidents covered in our own reporting that we could tie to a named source. It is not an exhaustive count of every attack in these conflicts. Explore coverage and sources →
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- October 23, 2026
Black Sea by month
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All Black Sea events
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| Date | Place | Actor | Target | What was reported | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off Romania, Black Sea | Russia | Commercial vesselDrone | A Russian drone struck and sank an unidentified civilian cargo vessel near Romania in the Black Sea, killing one crew member and leaving three others missing from a 13-person crew.Reported: 1 killedOur report | Kyiv Independent ↗ | |
| Off Romania, Black Sea | Unattributed | Commercial vesselDrone | A drone strike set a tanker ablaze in the Black Sea off Romania's coast, leaving eight crew members missing with search-and-rescue operations underway; no party claimed responsibility.Our report | BBC ↗ | |
| Off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast | Unattributed | Commercial vesselDrone | Drones struck two vessels off Bulgaria; the Guinea-Bissau-flagged Dignity sank with 11 crew missing, while the Maltese-flagged Chelsea 3 was damaged but all 15 crew were rescued.Our report | AP ↗ | |
| Off Bulgaria's coast, Black Sea | Unattributed | Commercial vesselDrone | A civilian vessel was struck by a drone and sank in the Black Sea near Bulgaria's coast; crew were rescued from the burning hull, with attribution disputed by Bulgarian officials.Our report | Al Jazeera ↗ | |
| Black Sea | Russia | Commercial vesselDrone | A Russian drone strike hit a Turkish-owned, corn-carrying vessel in the Black Sea, killing the ship's captain while 11 crew members were rescued, Zelensky said.Reported: 1 killedOur report | BBC ↗ | |
| Novorossiysk oil terminal | Ukraine | EnergyDrone | Ukrainian drones struck Novorossiysk, Russia's key Black Sea oil terminal, overnight, killing four people and sparking a fire at port facilities.Reported: 4 killedOur report | OilPrice ↗ | |
| Sochi | Ukraine | PortDrone | Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels struck the port of Sochi, the first drone boat attack ever recorded against the Russian Black Sea resort city.Our report | The War Zone ↗ | |
| Ukrainian port (unnamed) | Russia | PortMissile | A Russian missile strike sparked a fire at a Ukrainian port, part of a sustained campaign against Ukraine's maritime infrastructure.Our report | Al Jazeera ↗ | |
| Black Sea | Ukraine | Mixed | Ukrainian forces struck six vessels in the Black Sea as part of a coordinated series of long-range strikes.Our report | Yahoo News ↗ | |
| Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, Black Sea | Unattributed | Commercial vesselDrone | A drone struck a tanker loading crude oil at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's Black Sea export terminal, forcing a halt to exports.Our report | OilPrice.com ↗ | |
| Near Odesa, Ukraine | Russia | Commercial vessel | A Russian strike on a vessel near Odesa killed at least 10 people.Reported: 10 killedOur report | Al Jazeera ↗ | |
| Black Sea | Ukraine | Commercial vessel | Ukrainian forces struck 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea, including 17 oil tankers, in one of the largest single-day naval strikes of the war.Our report | Al Jazeera ↗ | |
| Sea of Azov | Ukraine | Commercial vesselDrone | Ukrainian drones set at least two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov as part of a campaign against Russian energy exports.Our report | Al Jazeera ↗ |
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Our reporting
- Russian Drone Sinks Cargo Ship Near Romania, Killing One
- Drone Attack Leaves Tanker Ablaze off Romania, Eight Crew Missing
- Drone Attack Leaves Tanker Ablaze Off Romania, Eight Crew Missing
- Black Sea Drone Attack Sinks Ship; Bulgaria Summons Russian Ambassador
- Ship Sinks Off Bulgaria After Drone Attack in Black Sea
- Zelensky: Russian Strike Hit Corn-Carrying Vessel in Black Sea
- Russia Signals to Trump: Cut Ukraine Aid to End War
- Ukrainian Sea Drones Strike Sochi Port for the First Time
- Satellite Images Confirm Ukraine Port Strike, Food Supply at Risk
- Russian Strike Burns Ukraine Port as Zelenskyy Seeks Interceptors
- Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Depot, Moscow Logistics, Six Black Sea Ships
- Russia Accuses Ukraine of Drone Strike on Border Bus, Five Dead
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