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 "publisher": "DroneLedger",
 "site": "https://droneincidents.com",
 "generated": "2026-10-13T09:47:02+00:00",
 "release": "20261013T094702325757-b25b7c",
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "DroneLedger (droneincidents.com)",
  "excludes": "Quoted source passages and linked articles remain the copyright of their publishers; they are included as short quotations for verification. Fonts (SIL OFL) and map data (Natural Earth, public domain) keep their own terms. City and region names in automatically published dossiers are checked against GeoNames (geonames.org, CC BY 4.0). Drone drawings and animations are schematic illustrations of a type, not evidence about any incident."
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 "evidenceNote": "Each dossier separates three claims: drone presence, impact and attribution, each with its own evidence state and supporting sources. 'reported' means a source describes the claim without sufficient identification evidence; claims by parties to a conflict are never 'confirmed' on their own. Counts reflect dossiers in this curated archive, not all incidents worldwide.",
 "locationNote": "lat/lon are the dossier's own approximate coordinates (see locationPrecision) and are empty when the incident location is unknown. referencePoint {lat, lon, level, name} is a display reference only: a fixed point in the named city (GeoNames), region (its administrative seat), sea or country (Natural Earth label point), derived at build time. It is not a geolocation, not an estimate of the incident location and may change when the dossier's place becomes more precise: reference point; incident location unknown.",
 "howToCite": "Cite the dossier URL and revision, e.g. DroneLedger, “Drones strike cargo ship Chelsea 3 off Byala, Bulgaria; crew of 15 rescued”, dossier chelsea-3-drone-strike-off-byala-2026-10-13, revision 1, updated 2026-10-13. https://droneincidents.com/incident/chelsea-3-drone-strike-off-byala-2026-10-13/",
 "incident": {
  "id": "azov-concord-sinks-off-krapets-2026-10-13",
  "title": "Cargo ship Azov Concord sinks off Krapets, Bulgaria, after drone attack",
  "place": "Black Sea, about 17 nautical miles east of Krapets (Bulgarian exclusive economic zone)",
  "country": "Bulgaria",
  "countryCode": "BG",
  "date": "2026-10-13",
  "dateKind": "event",
  "scope": "single",
  "category": "maritime",
  "droneStatus": "confirmed",
  "impactStatus": "confirmed",
  "attributionStatus": "none",
  "lat": 43.63,
  "lon": 28.95,
  "locationPrecision": "region",
  "summary": "Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said a second merchant ship, the Azov Concord, was hit and sank about 17 nautical miles east of Krapets in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, in the same series of drone attacks in which the Chelsea 3 was struck off Byala on the night of 12 to 13 October 2026.",
  "impact": "The ship sank. BTA and BNT report one crew member rescued; Sega cites the Varna regional governor as saying four sailors were rescued in an operation northeast of Cape Shabla. According to Sega, the ship was flagged in St Kitts and Nevis, managed by a Turkish company and sailing from Romania to Türkiye.",
  "evidence": "Reported by Bulgaria's prime minister, whose country is not a party to the war, as one of the ships hit in the night's drone attacks; carried by the national news agency BTA, the public broadcaster BNT and Sega. The number of drones that hit this ship is not given.",
  "unknown": "Who launched the drones, how many hit the ship, the size of its crew and whether anyone is missing were not clear at the time of reporting. Maritime.bg, cited by Sega, placed the sinking east of Shabla rather than Krapets.",
  "attribution": "Not established. Radev said there was no solid, clear evidence against any party, while arguing that the outcome benefits the Russian Federation; he said he would summon Russia's ambassador for talks.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "label": "BTA: Prime Minister Rumen Radev reports new drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea",
    "url": "https://www.bta.bg/bg/news/bulgaria/1223282-premierat-rumen-radev-saobshti-za-novi-ataki-s-dronove-sreshtu-korabi-v-cherno-m",
    "published": "2026-10-13",
    "family": "bulgarian-government"
   },
   {
    "label": "BNT News: Rumen Radev: a second ship was hit and sank 17 miles east of Krapets",
    "url": "https://bntnews.bg/news/rumen-radev-ima-udaren-i-vtori-korab-koito-e-potanal-na-17-mili-iztochno-ot-krapec-1416731news.html",
    "published": "2026-10-13",
    "family": "bulgarian-government"
   },
   {
    "label": "Sega: Drones hit ships off Byala and Krapets",
    "url": "https://www.segabg.com/hot/category-bulgaria/dronove-udariha-korabi-kray-byala-i-krapec",
    "published": "2026-10-13",
    "family": "sega"
   }
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   {
    "date": "2026-10-13",
    "text": "Prime Minister Radev said the Azov Concord had been hit and sank about 17 nautical miles east of Krapets, and that one crew member was rescued.",
    "source": 1
   },
   {
    "date": "2026-10-13",
    "text": "Sega reported, citing the Varna regional governor, that four sailors were rescued in an operation northeast of Cape Shabla.",
    "source": 2
   }
  ],
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   1
  ],
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   1,
   2
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  "droneTypes": [],
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  "review": "editor",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-10-13",
  "revision": 1,
  "corroboration": "curated",
  "referencePoint": null,
  "labels": {
   "category": "Maritime attack",
   "droneStatus": "Confirmed",
   "impactStatus": "Confirmed",
   "attributionStatus": "Not established"
  },
  "url": "https://droneincidents.com/incident/azov-concord-sinks-off-krapets-2026-10-13/",
  "citation": "DroneLedger, “Cargo ship Azov Concord sinks off Krapets, Bulgaria, after drone attack”, dossier azov-concord-sinks-off-krapets-2026-10-13, revision 1, updated 2026-10-13. https://droneincidents.com/incident/azov-concord-sinks-off-krapets-2026-10-13/",
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    "revision": 1,
    "date": "2026-10-13",
    "at": "2026-10-13T06:46:36.885+00:00",
    "note": "Curated dossier created after checking the cited sources line by line."
   }
  ]
 }
}