Two Oil Tankers Catch Fire in Black Sea Near Romania
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Two big ships caught fire in the Black Sea.
The ships are oil tankers. They carry oil.
The fire happened in Romanian waters.
One ship has the flag of San Marino. A flag shows what country a ship is from.
Seven people are missing. We do not know where they are.
Romania's president is named Dan.
He said Russian drones hit the ships.
A drone is a small flying machine with no pilot.
He said the drones came into Romania's airspace.
Airspace is the sky above a country.
This happened during the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Romania is near Ukraine and the Black Sea.
People are worried about the fire and the missing workers.
No one knows yet how many people were on the ships.
More information will come soon.
Vocabulary9 words
- fire
- when something burns
- oil tankers
- big ships that carry oil
- Romanian waters
- sea area that belongs to Romania
- flag
- a cloth that shows a country
- missing
- not found; lost
- president
- the top leader of a country
- drones
- small flying machines with no pilot
- airspace
- the sky above a country
- war
- fighting between countries
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1. They caught fire 2. In the Black Sea near Romania 3. Russian drones
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Two big ships caught _____ in the Black Sea.
The ships are _____. They carry oil.
The fire happened in _____.
One ship has the _____ of San Marino.
Seven people are _____.
Romania's _____ is named Dan.
He said Russian _____ hit the ships.
He said the drones came into Romania's _____.
This happened during the _____ between Russia and Ukraine.
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