Black Sea vessel attacks heighten NATO-adjacent spillover risks

Reporting describes a concentration of vessel strikes since October, including fatalities, missing crew and a ship sunk in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, plus incidents near Romania and the Neptun Deep project. Another article claims hundreds of vessels have been damaged this year and raises shipping and food-security concerns, but provides limited supporting detail; attribution remains partly contested. NATO is planning patrol aircraft, radars and drones, with the response and its limits still unfolding.