Since the beginning of the year, more than 570 ships have been attacked in the Black Sea and 40 sailors have been killed. The Black Sea has become the world's deadliest for commercial shipping. Since the beginning of 2026, there have been more than 570 attacks on ships there, resulting in the death of at least 40 sailors, the Financial Times writes, citing data from the Embry maritime security company and the International Maritime Organization. The situation worsened sharply in the summer. From July to September, 387 ships were damaged, more than five times more than in the previous quarter. Some of them were injured during the shelling of the ports. In the third quarter there were an average of more than four attacks on ships per day in the Black Sea. Embry estimates that over the past 45 days, about 90% of such attacks have been carried out by Russia. The Black Sea region, important for the supply of grain and oil, has become more dangerous than the Persian Gulf: the number of attacks on ships there is higher than six. During that period, 24 sailors were killed in the area of the Strait of Hormuz. One of the last to be damaged as a result of an attack in the Black Sea was the cargo ship Khorib, whose crew included Ukrainians and Azerbaijanis. On October 23, a fire occurred on a ship off the coast of Romania, after which it sank. One sailor was killed, three more are missing. The President of Romania said that Russia hit the cargo ship with a UAV. More details.