A cargo ship flying the Russian flagl'Ursa Major, sank in the waters of the Mediterranean Seabetween Spain and Algeria. This was reported by Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian sources, who certified the mass rescue of 14 crew memberstransported to the Spanish region of Cartegena, and the presence of two missingnot yet identified.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the sinking was caused by aexplosion occurred in the engine room of the vessel. The Russian note states that the cago ship, owned by the Sk-Yug company, sank in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The Ursa Major, again according to Russian sources, it left the port of St. Petersburg twelve days ago and was due to return on January 22 to Vladivostok, in the Russian Far East on the Pacific.
Russia, what we know about Ursa Major
It would appear that the vessel contained only empty containers and had the task of evacuating weapons and equipment from Syriaafter Russia's withdrawal from the nation following the fall of Basher al Assad's regime and the seizure of power in the country by the pro-Turkish jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham. Initially, some sources had reported that the ship sank due to a faulty fuel line on the main engine Ukrainian military intelligenceHur, had reported the presence of a Russian merchant shipSparta, also sent to Syria, adrift near the coast of Portugal. At the moment there would be no official confirmation on this latest information.
Immediately after the alarm about the ship's breakdown, several boats present in the waters close to the position of the Ursa Major intervened to provide first aid to the ship's crew members, awaiting the arrival of the Spanish navy's rescuers.
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