Romanian military destroys Ukrainian marine drone in Black Sea

Romanian Navy combat divers specialising in the detection and neutralisation of explosive devices have carried out an operation to destroy a dangerous object that posed a threat to navigation in the Black Sea.

The Romanian Ministry of Defence announced that a team from the Navy’s 39th Diving Centre, supported by the Coast Guard maritime surveillance vessel MAI 1107, deployed to a maritime area approximately 36 nautical miles east of Constanța, Caliber.Az reports. 

“The military identified the drifting object as a Sea Baby–type unmanned surface vessel,” the statement said.

After receiving permission to neutralise the object in accordance with operational procedures, explosive ordnance disposal specialists conducted a controlled detonation.

The ministry also noted that drifting sea mines continue to pose a serious risk to maritime safety. Over the past nearly four years, around 150 mines have been neutralised in the Black Sea, seven of them by the Romanian Navy.

By Khagan Isayev