On Thursday night, a Romanian naval vessel was on a mission when it struck a mine that was floating in the Black Sea. The dragoon ship Lieutenant Dimitrie Nicolescu’s engines were damaged by the mine, but none of the 75 sailors on board were hurt.
Following the discovery of the mine off the Romanian coast, the Romanian Defense Ministry quickly dispatched a ship with a crew with demining expertise.
However, once the dredger arrived, the weather in the coastal area where the mine was floating grew worse. The explosive ordnance disposal crew, or EOD, was unable to complete the mission because of the tremendous waves and increasing winds, which reached 10 to 12 meters per second.
The military ship was struck by the mine that had been sent adrift by a storm, the Defence Ministry said, despite the fact that safety precautions had been taken after it had grown dark.
The crew of the ship acted to seal the hole and prevent saltwater from entering the cabin as soon as the mine exploded.
The damaged dredger was quickly towed to the Port of Constanta by a second vessel and crew despatched by the Navy General Staff.
Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February, three mines have entered Romanian seas.
In the western Black Sea, 28 sea mines have been detonated since then.
Following its unilateral annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia seized mines that were floating in the Black Sea. In March, the Kyiv authorities said that Russia had now re-released these mines into the Black Sea in an effort to damage Ukraine’s reputation. However, Russia claims that Ukraine released these mines into the Black Sea.
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