Overview
- Turkish authorities say the fishing trawler Duru 67 was attacked and sank west of Sevastopol on June 5, 2026, leaving one crew member dead and four others wounded.
- A nearby trawler, the Burak Kaya, rescued five injured sailors and began a return to Turkey before one sailor died en route and survivors were later taken aboard a Turkish Coast Guard vessel about 115 nautical miles north of Inebolu.
- The Coast Guard reported that its medical team provided emergency care at sea and that the wounded were transferred after a roughly 15-hour journey to a hospital in Kastamonu province for further treatment.
- Turkish officials have not identified who carried out the attack and no group has claimed responsibility, leaving the cause and perpetrator of the strike unresolved.
- The incident highlights the continuing danger to civilian shipping in the Black Sea since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and could raise diplomatic pressure on Turkey to press for clearer protections for its flagged vessels.