‘He jumped into the Black Sea’: UP sailor’s second voyage ends in desperate search

4 min readLucknowJul 29, 2026 05:40 PM IST Ram Chandra Dubey left for his assignment on September 25 last year. (Special arrangement photo)For the past four days, Ram Chandra Dubey’s family in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, has been anxiously waiting for any news of him. The 22-year-old seaman has been missing since July 25 after the merchant vessel he was on — MV AGN Ragnar — came under attack near Ukraine’s Port of Odesa. He is among two Indian crew members who remain unaccounted for after the incident.This was his second assignment at sea since joining the merchant navy, said his family. His elder sister, Seemakashi Pandey, said they last saw Ram before he left on September 25 last year. “He would call home frequently to check on everyone. The last time he spoke to our mother, Kalpana Dubey,