Abroad

In terms of region, analysts said, supplies through Russia’s Black Sea ports fell the most in August.

The cargo ship EMIL, which was hit by a drone near Odesa in August, is drifting in the Black Sea without a crew and without the ability to maneuver in the direction of Bulgarian waters.

Belarus has shipped its first shipment of potash fertilizers to the United States in four years after the easing of US sanctions on the Belarusian potash industry.

The Turkish ship Royad Mammadov, which was carrying grain, was hit by a drone in the Black Sea.

Russia has begun to commission newly built vessels that can be used as part of a “shadow fleet” to circumvent sanctions and export LNG.

The UK has included in the new sanctions package vessels that Russia uses to circumvent international restrictions and export energy resources.

The Estonian government has approved sanctions that prohibit the transit of grain of Russian and Belarusian origin through the country.

A court in Gothenburg has sentenced the captain of a ship, a Russian citizen, and the pilot, a Swedish citizen, to suspended sentences for unintentionally causing a fatal accident.

The EU intends to expand its naval mission in the Mediterranean to counter Russia’s “shadow fleet”.

The Romanian presidential administration said that the naval drone that exploded in the port of Constanta on June 5 could have been intercepted by Russia.