黑海一周内第二起袭船：两艘货船在保加利亚外海遭无人机攻击，一艘沉没、11名船员失踪
索非亚10月13日——保加利亚官员10月13日证实，10月12日夜间至13日凌晨，两艘商船在保加利亚黑海海岸外海遭无人机攻击，其中一艘沉没，11名船员失踪，搜救行动至13日下午仍在进行。这是保加利亚专属经济区一周内发生的第二起袭船事件；10月6日同一海域曾有两艘货船遇袭、一艘沉没。
沉没的货船为悬挂几内亚比绍国旗的「HS Dignity」号。保加利亚内政部向媒体表示，该船在克拉佩茨村（Krapets）以东约15至17海里处沉没，当时正载着部分货物驶往罗马尼亚的布勒伊拉港；船上16名船员中5人已被其他商船救起，其余11人失踪，据信为叙利亚与埃及籍船员。
另一艘遇袭货船为悬挂马耳他国旗、由乌克兰公司拥有的「Chelsea 3」号。保加利亚方面称，该船在比亚拉（Byala）以东约18海里处遭三架无人机击中，船上15名船员——7名乌克兰人与8名阿塞拜疆人——全部获救并被送往瓦尔纳港，其中数人受伤并接受治疗，无人重伤。比亚拉一带的求救信号约于当地时间凌晨1时30分发出。
保加利亚总理鲁门·拉德夫13日召集安全委员会会议，称这次攻击「绝对不可接受」。他表示，保方目前没有清晰确凿的证据认定袭击方，但事件的「结果使俄罗斯联邦受益」，保加利亚已召见俄罗斯驻保大使米特罗法诺娃，并向北约与欧盟寻求协助以查明无人机来源；据保加利亚政府转述，俄大使称对袭击不知情，并提到不排除第三方挑衅的可能。拉德夫当天还与北约秘书长吕特、欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩通话，冯德莱恩对袭击予以谴责。
黑海是乌克兰与俄罗斯粮食等大宗商品出口的重要通道。自今夏以来，针对商船的袭击在该海域多次发生；10月6日的袭击中，一艘货船在保加利亚专属经济区沉没，9名叙利亚船员与1名埃及船员失踪。保加利亚官员说，13日下午对「HS Dignity」号失踪船员的搜寻仍在继续，袭击责任方尚未确认。
来源：保加利亚内政部与总理府公开表态，经路透社、美联社、CNN 10月13日报道核对。
Second Ship Attack in a Week in the Black Sea: Drones Hit Two Cargo Vessels off Bulgaria, One Sinks and 11 Sailors Are Missing
SOFIA, Oct. 13 — Bulgarian officials confirmed on Oct. 13 that two merchant vessels were attacked by drones off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast during the night of Oct. 12–13. One ship sank and 11 sailors were missing, with search-and-rescue work still under way on Tuesday afternoon. It was the second attack on shipping in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone within a week; on Oct. 6 two cargo ships were hit in the same waters and one of them sank.
The sunken vessel was the Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship HS Dignity. Bulgaria's Interior Ministry told reporters the ship went down about 15 to 17 nautical miles east of the village of Krapets, near the Romanian border, while sailing part-loaded toward the Romanian port of Braila. Five of its 16 crew members were rescued by other merchant vessels; the remaining 11, believed to be Syrian and Egyptian nationals, were missing.
The second vessel attacked was the Malta-flagged, Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3. Bulgarian officials said it was struck by three drones about 18 nautical miles east of Byala. All 15 crew members — seven Ukrainians and eight Azerbaijanis — were rescued and taken to the port of Varna, where several received treatment for injuries; none was seriously hurt. A distress call from the Byala area was received at about 1:30 a.m. local time.
Prime Minister Rumen Radev convened a security council meeting on Oct. 13 and described the attack as absolutely unacceptable. He said Bulgaria had no clear and conclusive evidence identifying who carried out the strikes, but that the outcome benefited the Russian Federation. Bulgaria summoned Russia's ambassador, Eleonora Mitrofanova, and sought NATO and EU assistance in determining the drones' origin. According to the Bulgarian government, the ambassador said she had no information from Moscow and raised the possibility of a third-party provocation. Radev also spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who condemned the attacks.
The Black Sea is a key export route for Ukrainian and Russian grain and other bulk goods, and attacks on merchant shipping there have multiplied since the summer. In the Oct. 6 attack, a cargo ship sank inside Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone and nine Syrian sailors and one Egyptian sailor were lost. Bulgarian officials said the search for HS Dignity's missing crew continued on Tuesday afternoon, and no party had been confirmed as responsible for the latest strikes.
Sources: Statements by Bulgaria's Interior Ministry and the prime minister's office, as reported and cross-checked by Reuters, the Associated Press and CNN on Oct. 13.
图片来源：保加利亚瓦尔纳港散货船实景（黑海港口，非涉事船只），CC BY-SA 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）
