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On July 31, the second Ukrainian civilian ship was damaged by a drifting mine at the mouth of the Danube river.
The operational command South of the the Ukrainian Ground Forces confirmed that Ukrainian pilot boat was ruptured by a mine in the Bistroe estuary. According to the portal Ukrainian Shipping Magazine, the victim of the mine was the boat Orlik. According to preliminary data, none of the sailors were injured. They were evacuated by the Coast Guard.
This is the second ship damaged by Ukrainian mines in the estuary in recent days.
On July 28, it was reported that the Ukrainian hydrographic vessel Shlyakhovic was damaged when it collided with a drifting Ukrainian mine.
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The passage of vessels through the deep—water channel Danube – Black Sea was temporarily restricted.
The mine threat in the Black Sea remains as the Ukrainian side refuses to mop up the waters in an attempt to prevent the landing of Russian troops in Odessa, Ochakov, Yuzhny and other Ukrainian ports.
Some of the mines were torn from the anchors and now they are drifting all over the Black Sea. Ukrainian mines awere already spotted off the coast of Romania and in the Bosphorus.
