
The Tunisian ship "Amir-1" requested help from Ukrainian rescuers. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine on Thursday, on January 9 at 05:00 Moscow time, the SOS signal was received in the Odessa Marine Regional Rescue Center.
According to the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine, the Amir-1 Tunisian ship on January 6 at 14:10 left the Kerch Strait and headed for Bosphorus, RIA Novosti reports.
At the Black Sea, at about 17:00 Moscow time Thursday, the emergency radioobuy of the Tunisian vessel Amir-1 was discovered, the signal for help from which was recorded on Thursday morning at a distance of about 100 km south of Crimean Cape Sarych. The ship itself has not yet been found.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine, a ship with a crew of 24 people on board kept a course on the Turkish port of Gerze and for two days did not get in touch.
Two ships of the Ministry of Transport of Ukraine-Volgo-Don-5091 and Volgobalt, Russian ship Lena-Neft, Turkish ship Bakanar, as well as the An-26 AN-26 Black Sea Fleet, Interfax reports in search of the ship.