MV Volgo-Balt 214 was a Panama-flagged Ukrainian general cargo ship, which sank in the Black Sea off the coast of Samsun, Turkey on 7 January 2019.

As reported by a crew member, in the morning of 7 January 2019, a large wave of rough seas hit the vessel about 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) off Turkish coast, and the hull broke apart in two pieces and began to sink.

After receiving a distress signal from the vessel at 08:10 local time (05:10 UTC), Turkish authorities launched a search and rescue operation with a plane, three helicopters and two boats.

A helicopter of the Turkish Coast Guard arrived at the scene around 10:00 local time, and recovered two dead bodies rescuing seven survivors, who were taken to hospital.

[2][3][4] According to 2020 journalist investigation, the ship transported Ukrainian coal stolen in occupied Donbas and was not designed for open sea sailing at high wave, which was the primary cause for its sinking as its hull broke in half.