{"id":10247,"date":"2026-10-20T23:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:51:02","slug":"nato-to-send-additional-patrol-planes-to-black-sea-after-drone-attacks-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=10247","title":{"rendered":"NATO to send additional patrol planes to Black Sea after drone attacks | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NATO is deploying additional patrol aircraft and intelligence personnel to the Black Sea, a spokesman for the alliance said, after a series of deadly drone attacks in the region widely blamed on Russia but denied by the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllies have or will send additional maritime patrol aircraft, radar systems, explosive exploitation teams, intelligence personnel, drones and more to the Black Sea,\u201d said Colonel Martin O\u2019Donnell on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe most important thing we can do, however, is to increase our situational awareness in the region through increased sensors and data sharing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

NATO, along with Bulgaria and Romania, has not directly attributed the recent spate of attacks to any country. Military analysts have said Russia almost certainly carried out the attacks but Moscow has not acknowledged any responsibility.<\/p>\n

In an attack on October 5, Romania reported<\/a> two people dead after their ship caught fire and sank in Black Sea waters. Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of being responsible.<\/p>\n

The announcement came after NATO\u2019s main decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council, discussed security in the Black Sea at the alliance\u2019s Brussels headquarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cNATO has already strengthened our posture along the eastern flank, including with counter-drone capabilities,\u201d spokeswoman Allison Hart said earlier in a post on X.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dangerous and unacceptable\u2019 escalation<\/h2>\n

The European Union\u2019s top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Tuesday said that \u201csix attacks in 10 days by suspected Russian drones marks a dangerous and unacceptable escalation\u201d, adding that the Kremlin likely sought to choke off revenue to Kyiv from grain exports.<\/p>\n

Kallas warned that the latest strikes were adding to a \u201cperfect storm\u201d facing global food supplies already being battered by droughts in multiple regions and the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Last week, seven sailors were reported<\/a> missing after drones struck two chemical tankers near Romania\u2019s Black Sea coast, setting them ablaze and raising fresh security concerns along a vital shipping route used by Ukraine.<\/p>\n

At least five other cargo vessels were hit near the coasts of Romania and neighbouring NATO member Bulgaria over the previous 10 days, with at least 23 sailors reported missing<\/a> or dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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