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 "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.",
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 "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; the ship was identified by President Iliana Iotova. Carried by the national news agency BTA, the public broadcaster BNT, Sega and Al Jazeera. The number of drones that hit this ship is not given.",
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 "impact": "The ship sank. Bulgarian officials said five crew members were rescued and 11 were missing; the prime minister had first reported one crew member rescued. According to Sega, the HS Dignity had a crew of 16 and was sailing without cargo from Algeria to Braila, Romania.",
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 "place": "Black Sea, about 17 nautical miles east of Krapets (Bulgarian exclusive economic zone)",
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   "family": "bulgarian-government",
   "label": "BTA: Prime Minister Rumen Radev reports new drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea",
   "published": "2026-10-13",
   "url": "https://www.bta.bg/bg/news/bulgaria/1223282-premierat-rumen-radev-saobshti-za-novi-ataki-s-dronove-sreshtu-korabi-v-cherno-m"
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   "label": "BNT News: Rumen Radev: a second ship was hit and sank 17 miles east of Krapets",
   "published": "2026-10-13",
   "url": "https://bntnews.bg/news/rumen-radev-ima-udaren-i-vtori-korab-koito-e-potanal-na-17-mili-iztochno-ot-krapec-1416731news.html"
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   "family": "sega",
   "label": "Sega: Drones hit ships off Byala and Krapets",
   "published": "2026-10-13",
   "url": "https://www.segabg.com/hot/category-bulgaria/dronove-udariha-korabi-kray-byala-i-krapec"
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   "family": "aljazeera",
   "label": "Al Jazeera: Drone attack sinks ship off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, PM says",
   "published": "2026-10-13",
   "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/13/drone-attack-sinks-ship-off-bulgarias-black-sea-coast-pm-says"
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   "role": "additional reporting",
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   "published": "2026-10-13",
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   "published": "2026-10-13",
   "publishedAt": "2026-10-13T11:36:00+03:00",
   "publisher": "Bulgarian National Television",
   "role": "additional reporting",
   "url": "https://bntnews.bg/news/pm-rumen-radev-a-second-ship-was-also-struck-by-drone-and-sank-17-miles-east-of-krapets-1416798news.html"
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 "summary": "Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said a second merchant ship 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. President Iliana Iotova identified the sunken ship as the Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship HS Dignity. Early reports had named the Azov Concord; Sega later reported that the Azov Concord had helped in the rescue.",
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-13",
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   "text": "Prime Minister Radev said a second ship had been hit and sank about 17 nautical miles east of Krapets, and that one crew member was rescued."
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  {
   "date": "2026-10-13",
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   "text": "Sega reported, citing President Iotova, that the sunken ship was the Guinea-Bissau-flagged HS Dignity, and that the Azov Concord, named in earlier reports, had helped in the rescue."
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   "date": "2026-10-13",
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   "text": "Bulgarian officials said five crew members had been rescued and 11 remained missing."
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 "title": "Cargo ship HS Dignity sinks off Krapets, Bulgaria, after drone attack",
 "unknown": "Who launched the drones and how many hit the ship were not clear at the time of reporting. Sega places the sinking 17 miles east of Shabla rather than Krapets.",
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