2023-08-14 08:23:16
There was an explosion in the Black Sea just off the Romanian coast near Costinesti on Monday. The Romanian media reported, citing civil protection workers and eyewitnesses. The explosive device is probably a Russian sea mine, a spokesman for the Romanian Navy told TV station Digi24. According to civil protection, no one was injured.
Navy divers are now on their way to the site of the blast, as another mine has been spotted floating in the sea nearby, said Colonel Corneliu Pavel, spokesman for the Romanian Naval Forces. Since the outbreak of the Russian war of aggression once morest Ukraine, the Romanian Navy has defused a total of five Russian sea mines in the Black Sea.
Costinesti is an extremely popular tourist destination. According to the authorities, the explosion occurred in the water on a dike near a hotel. A loud bang was heard and then black smoke rose, an eyewitness reported to the broadcaster Digi24, who saw the incident from his hotel terrace.
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