According to a report by Turkey's Ihras News Agency on the 3rd, a Turkish cargo ship was attacked by a drone in the Black Sea, and 3 crew members were seriously injured. The report said that the cargo ship, carrying fresh vegetables and fruit, was attacked in the Black Sea while departing from Turkey's Samsun port to Russia's Novorossiysk port. The cargo ship caught fire during the attack. 4 crew members were injured, 3 of whom were seriously injured. Also, according to local media, citing information from Turkey's General Maritime Administration, the location where the freighter was attacked was about 20 nautical miles from Russia's Novorossiysk Port. The cargo ship is flying the Cameroonian flag. All 23 crew members on board were taken by the Russian Navy to the port of Novorossiysk. The Turkish Maritime Administration did not identify the attackers. Local media quoted the captain of the attacked cargo ship as saying that several Ukrainian drones attacked the cargo ship.

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