{"id":12633,"date":"2026-07-21T14:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12633"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:34:45","slug":"romania-says-ship-heading-to-ukraine-struck-off-its-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12633","title":{"rendered":"Romania says ship heading to Ukraine struck off its coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">July 21 (Reuters) &#8211; A Liberian-flagged vessel sailing from Egypt to Ukraine has been hit \u200coff Romania&#8217;s coast in an attack likely \u200clinked to Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, Romanian President Nicusor Dan \u200bsaid on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year, Russian and Ukrainian drones have repeatedly breached the airspace and territorial waters of Romania, officials in the European Union and \u200cNATO member state \u2060neighbouring Ukraine have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Last night, the LPG Gas Lisbon, a Liberian-flagged vessel, was \u2060hit outside Romanian territorial waters, approximately 20 nautical miles (40 km) off the Romanian coast,&#8221; Dan wrote \u200bon X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dan \u200bsaid Romanian rescuers had \u200bevacuated the crew, including \u200cthree injured members, and a tugboat had been dispatched to ensure the vessel did not drift and pose a danger to navigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;State institutions are on alert and will clarify the circumstances, \u200ccauses and responsibilities related to \u200bthis serious incident, most likely \u200bpart of the \u200billegal war of aggression of the \u200cRussian Federation against Ukraine,&#8221; Dan \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia, which \u200blaunched a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, has either denied responsibility for reported \u200battacks on \u200cRomania, said they were carried out by \u200bUkraine, or blamed Ukrainian &#8220;provocation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk; \u200bEditing by Philippa Fletcher)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 21 (Reuters) &#8211; A Liberian-flagged vessel sailing from Egypt to Ukraine has been hit \u200coff Romania&#8217;s coast in an attack likely \u200clinked to Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, Romanian President Nicusor Dan \u200bsaid on Tuesday. 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