Two people have died and 11 crew members were rescued after the cargo ship Royad Mammadov sank in the Black Sea, Romanian authorities reported, MarineLink Maritime News said on 6 October 2026.
Romanian officials provided the casualty and rescue figures in the report, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attributed the loss of the vessel to strikes by Russian drones.
Casualties and rescue
The published account states that two people lost their lives and 11 were taken from the water or otherwise recovered following the sinking of the Royad Mammadov. Romanian authorities are named as the source for the casualty and rescue numbers in the MarineLink item.
Claims over cause
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the media that the vessel had been struck by Russian drones, according to the same report. The MarineLink summary presents that statement alongside the Romanian account of the sinking.
The report combines the official figures supplied by Romanian authorities with the statement from the Ukrainian presidency regarding the cause of the incident. No further operational details, times, or additional confirmations are supplied in the published account.
The brief report places the sinking in the Black Sea but does not identify any named port of departure, destination or the nationality of the ship's owners or crew within the supplied summary.
The account as published therefore sets out two central facts: the casualty and rescue totals reported by Romanian authorities, and the attribution by President Zelenskyy that the ship was struck by Russian drones. Each point is presented in the MarineLink item and is cited in this report.
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