On the night of December 24, the russian dry cargo ship Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea, which could have participated in the evacuation of a russian military base in Syria.
Radio Svoboda informed about this, citing information from a number of Spanish media outlets, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Based on media materials, which, in turn, received information from the Spanish rescue services, Radio Svoboda reported that the ship sank at night in international waters between the Spanish city of Águilas and the Algerian city of Oran.
14 sailors out of 16 who were on board were taken by rescuers to the port of Cartagena, two more are considered missing.
The dry cargo ship Ursa Major left St. Petersburg, russia, on December 11 and was headed for Vladivostok, where it was supposed to arrive on January 22.
According to sources in the Spanish publication La Verdad, an explosion occurred in the engine room on the ship, which caused it to capsize.
According to the captain, at the time of the accident, the dry cargo ship was transporting empty containers.
La Verdad also reported that a russian warship took over the rescue operations in the area, and was later joined by a patrol boat of the Spanish Navy.
The russian Mediazona, citing OSINT analysts, reported that russia sent the dry cargo ships Sparta and Ursa Major to the Mediterranean Sea, accompanied by three large landing ships, presumably to evacuate the russian military base in Syria after the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on December 8, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Ukraine supports the people of Syria and is ready to resume diplomatic relations in the future.
Yesterday, a cargo ship that the aggressor country russia sent to remove its weapons and equipment from Syria broke down while underway - the fuel pipe of the main engine failed.
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