The active phase of the search operation in the area of ??the crash of the dry cargo ship "Heroes of Arsenal" in the Black Sea.

"The search will continue with the passing ships. Also, operational groups will carry out coastal monitoring, "the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.

"Since the beginning of the rescue operation, 350 nautical miles of the water surface were surveyed," the rescue service specified.

As previously reported, earlier in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of two Ukrainian citizens who were part of the dry cargo crew.

In total, three people were found dead.

Alive - one seaman, citizen of Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that in the Black Sea at a distance of about 14 miles from the coast of the Crimea crashed dry cargo ship "Heroes of Arsenal" (flag of Panama). On board the ship, which was sent from the Russian port "Azov" to Turkey with grain cargo, there were 12 people. According to the Crimean Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation "among the crew - nine Ukrainians, two Russians, one sailor from Georgia".