Three crew injured as cargo ship hit by drone attack near Russia's Novorossiysk

Aug 4, 2026

Smoke rises from a fire on the cargo ship Nadezhda after it was hit in a drone attack near Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, August 3, 2026 in this still image obtained from social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS — FILE PHOTO: Picture taken October 22, 2022 shows the Ro-Ro cargo ship Nadezhda in the Black Sea port city of Samsun, Turkey. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo — Yoruk Isik

ISTANBUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Three crew members were seriously injured after a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship was hit in a drone attack near Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Turkey's maritime authority said late on Monday.

The Nadezhda was sailing from Novorossiysk to Turkey's northern Samsun port on Monday when it came under attack about 20 nautical miles off Novorossiysk, the maritime authority said in a statement.

All 22 crew members were evacuated to Russia including three seriously injured, it said, adding that the fire continued to burn in the bow of the cargo ship.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the strike on the ship.

(Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun in Istanbul and Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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