Three Turkish-owned cargo ships leaving Ukraine have been struck in EU waters by suspected Russian drones, according to France24, with the Togo-flagged Alfa Watan sinking off Bulgaria on Tuesday and ten Egyptian and Syrian crew members missing. Ukraine has meanwhile been hitting Russian tankers in the Black Sea, and there is no sign of a return to a UN-brokered deal that let oil, grain and fertiliser ships pass safely. The incidents raise questions about how exposed Europe is to spillover from the war, as the US scales back its role and EU states remain divided over how to respond to hybrid attacks such as August's drone strike on a Ukrainian cargo plane in Leipzig, Germany.