Cargo ship sinks in Sea of Azov, at least 3 dead
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A Bulgarian cargo ship with 11 crew on board sank in rough weather in the Sea of Azov on Thursday, drowning at least three seamen, rescue officials said.
The ship sank near the narrow Kerch Strait, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, where a dozen vessels were sunk or damaged in a storm last November.
One Bulgarian seaman was rescued alive, Russian news agencies reported, but efforts to recover more crew from the vessel, called the Vanessa, were hampered by stormy conditions.
Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry said three bodies had been found. Russian rescue headquarters in the port of Novorossiisk put the figure at four, RIA news agency reported.
"Four bodies have been recovered, a fifth man is alive but suffering from frostbite," RIA quoted a Russian official as saying.
- Reuters
