索菲亚，10月14日 - 保加利亚国防部长迪米塔尔·斯托亚诺夫周三表示，保加利亚预计将在10月底前加入北约反无人机倡议，此前一天，一起无人机袭击导致货船在该国黑海海岸附近沉没，这是一周内第二次发生此类事件。
SOFIA, Oct 14 - Bulgaria expects to join a NATO anti-drone initiative by the end of October, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said on Wednesday, a day after a drone attack sank a cargo vessel off the country's Black Sea coast for the second time in a week.
这些袭击凸显了与俄乌战争相关的无人机战争对北约东南翼附近商业航运日益构成的威胁，促使保加利亚推动加强北约在黑海的防御。
The attacks have highlighted the growing threat that drone warfare linked to the Russia-Ukraine war poses to commercial shipping near NATO's southeastern flank, prompting Bulgaria to push for stronger alliance defences in the Black Sea.
“保加利亚将尽快成为该项目的一部分。预计到10月30日，我们将已经成为该项目的一部分，”当地媒体援引斯托亚诺夫在议会听证会上的表述。
"Bulgaria will be part of this project as soon as possible. Expectations are that by October 30, we will already be part of the project," local media quoted Stoyanov as telling a parliamentary hearing.
10月13日，两艘货船在保加利亚海岸附近遭到无人机袭击。其中一艘被确认为几内亚比绍国籍的货船“HS Dignity”号，该船沉没，导致11名水手在海上失踪，促使索菲亚召见俄罗斯大使。10月6日，同一海域的另外两艘货船也遭到无人机袭击。
Two cargo ships were hit by drones on October 13 off the Bulgarian coast. One of them, identified as the Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo vessel HS Dignity, sank, leaving 11 sailors missing at sea and prompting Sofia to summon Russia's ambassador. Drones struck two other cargo ships in the same waters on October 6.
保加利亚交通部表示，由于恶劣天气和黑暗，搜救失踪水手的行动在周二晚上被迫暂停，但已于周三恢复。
Bulgaria's transport ministry said a search and rescue operation for the missing sailors had resumed on Wednesday after bad weather and darkness forced authorities to suspend it on Tuesday evening.
保加利亚尚未明确指责俄罗斯实施了这些袭击，但总理鲁门·拉德夫周二表示，这些袭击的结果“有利于俄罗斯联邦”。
Bulgaria has stopped short of explicitly accusing Russia of carrying out the attacks but Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Tuesday their outcome "benefits the Russian Federation".
俄罗斯驻索菲亚大使埃莱奥诺拉·米特罗法诺娃表示，她未收到俄罗斯国防部关于对商船袭击的信息，但未排除这是第三方挑衅的可能性，保加利亚政府如此称。
Russia's ambassador to Sofia, Eleonora Mitrofanova, said she had no information from the Russian Defence Ministry about attacks on commercial vessels but did not rule out they could be a provocation by a third party, Bulgaria's government said.
俄罗斯一直在轰炸乌克兰的黑海港口，迫使基辅越来越依赖多瑙河上的河流港口以及靠近保加利亚和罗马尼亚海岸的航运路线。
Russia has been bombing Ukraine's Black Sea ports, forcing Kyiv to rely increasingly on river ports on the Danube and shipping routes close to the coasts of NATO members Bulgaria and Romania.
乌克兰方面则越来越多地在黑海其他地区以及亚速海顿河口附近针对俄罗斯的谷物出口船只进行袭击。
Ukraine, for its part, has increasingly targeted Russian grain-exporting ships in other parts of the Black Sea and near the mouth of the Don River in the Sea of Azov.