
索菲亚,10月7日——保加利亚海事管理局副局长鲁门·尼科洛夫周三在接受Nova TV电视台采访时称,保加利亚已停止对周二在距海岸约70海里处遭无人机袭击后沉没的船只上失踪船员的搜寻工作。
SOFIA, Oct 7 - Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone on Tuesday about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov of the Maritime Administration Executive Agency told Nova TV on Wednesday.
周二清晨,在保加利亚黑海专属经济区内,两艘船只遭到无人机袭击。其中一艘沉没,另一艘受损。受损船只上的船员获救,但沉没船只上的船员至今下落不明。尼科洛夫表示,针对沉没船只船员的救援行动周三不会重启。
Early on Tuesday, two ships were hit in a drone attack in Bulgaria's Black Sea exclusive economic zone. One sank and the other was damaged. The crew of the damaged ship were rescued, but the crew of the sunken one remain missing. Nikolov said the rescue operation for the crew of the sunken ship would not resume on Wednesday.
他在Nova TV的早间节目中说道:“目前没有任何关于第一艘船上船员的踪迹,今后也不会有。也没有发现任何无人机残骸。”
"There are no traces of the sailors from the first ship, and there will be none.
“我们已找到一艘救生艇、三个救生筏以及部分船用设备。”目前尚不清楚此次由空中及海上无人机发起的袭击是由谁实施的;不过随着俄罗斯在乌克兰持续作战,外界对俄罗斯发动混合式攻击的担忧日益加剧。
There is also no information about drone remains," he said on a Nova TV morning show. "A boat, three life rafts and parts of the ship's equipment have been found."
此次袭击发生在保加利亚东部沿海城镇比亚拉附近海域。尼科洛夫指出,事发地点属于所谓的“责任搜寻与救援区”,并不在该国12海里宽的领海范围内。
It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack involving air and sea drones in waters off the coastal town of Byala in eastern Bulgaria, but there are growing concerns about hybrid attacks by Russia as it wages war in Ukraine. Nikolov said the incident occurred in a so-called "responsible search and rescue zone" and not in the country's territorial waters, which extend to 12 nautical miles off the coast.
另一起事件中,罗马尼亚当局周一称,在该国领海外的黑海海域,一艘船上发生火灾,导致两人死亡。
In a separate incident, Romanian authorities said on Monday that two people had died in a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside the country's territorial waters.
据保加利亚通讯社报道,保加利亚总理鲁门·拉德夫周二表示,目前尚无法确定这些无人机来自俄罗斯还是乌克兰。保加利亚虽不与两国接壤,但作为北约成员国,其在黑海地区具有重要战略地位,而乌克兰与俄罗斯在黑海均设有主要港口。
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Tuesday that it was unclear whether the drones came from Russia or from Ukraine, the BTA news agency reported. Bulgaria does not border either country, but as a NATO member it holds a strategic position on the Black Sea, where both Ukraine and Russia have major ports.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基在当晚的视频讲话中称,经与保加利亚海军联合调查,确认此次袭击系俄罗斯所为。
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking in a nightly video address, said an investigation jointly with Bulgaria's navy had shown that Russia was behind the attack.
拉德夫周三表示,此次袭击发生后,他的政府将批准再采购五套防空导弹系统。
Radev said on Wednesday that following the attack his government would approve the purchase of five more surface-to-air missile systems.