A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was despatched to Syria to gather weapons has sunk within the Mediterranean Sea, in line with officers in Moscow.
Two crew members are lacking after an engine room explosion sank the Ursa Main between Spain and Algeria, the international ministry mentioned. Fourteen different crew had been rescued and brought to Spain.
Ukraine’s army intelligence claimed yesterday that the ship had been despatched to Syria to take away weapons and army tools after the autumn of Bashar al Assad.
In a put up on Telegram, the company mentioned the ship broke down close to Portugal however the crew had been capable of “fix the problem and continue through the Straight of Gibraltar”.
Ship monitoring information from the London Inventory Alternate Group (LSEG) reveals the vessel departed from the Russian port of St Petersburg on 11 December. It was final seen sending a sign at 10.04pm GMT on Monday between Algeria and Spain.
On leaving St Petersburg it had indicated that its subsequent port of name was the Russian port of Vladivostok.
The operator and proprietor of the ship is an organization referred to as SK-Yug, a part of delivery and logistics firm Oboronlogistics, in line with LSEG information.
Assad fled to Moscow from Syria earlier this month after rebels captured the capital of Damascus in a lightning offensive that introduced his household’s five-decade rule to an finish.
In latest weeks Russia has been pulling again its army from the frontlines in northern Syria and the removing of Assad has additionally thrown the way forward for Moscow’s bases within the nation – the Hmeimim airbase in Latakia and the Tartous naval facility – into query.
