By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Two ships were hit in the Black Sea, near the Bulgarian coast, amid the war in Ukraine. Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev announced that Russia’s ambassador would be summoned and said he had informed NATO, according to Le Monde.
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