Everything that's happened at Black Sea Indian Seafarer Death

Indian sailor Ram Chandra has gone missing after a drone strike on a Ukrainian ship.

Chandra joined the merchant navy recently and was on his second overseas assignment.

He left for duty in September last year.

One Indian national was killed in an attack on the commercial vessel MV OMORFI in Russian territorial waters in the Black Sea on July 18, 2026.

The vessel had three Indians on board; two are reported safe.

India's Ministry of External Affairs expressed condolences and condemned the attack on commercial shipping.

A separate attack on the vessel MV Golden Leo near Odesa on July 19, 2026, killed four Indian seafarers.

India called on all parties to uphold international obligations for maritime navigation safety.

India summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk after an Indian sailor was killed in a strike on a ship in the Black Sea.

The Indian sailor died when the Marshall Islands-flagged vessel MV OMORFI was attacked in Russian territorial waters.

At least five Indian nationals have been killed in the Black Sea this month during the Russia-Ukraine war.

India summoned Ukrainian ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk over the attack on commercial vessel MV Omorfi that killed an Indian national.

The Ministry of External Affairs condemned attacks on commercial shipping as unacceptable and endangering civilian seafarers.

Ukraine claimed it warned India about threats to civilian navigation from Russia's Black Sea actions.

Ukraine proposed a dialogue between foreign ministers Andrii Sybiha and S. Jaishankar on Black Sea security.

Attacks by both Russian and Ukrainian forces on commercial shipping have killed five Indian seafarers.