The Russian state-owned agency that owns cargo vessel Ursa Major which just lately sank in worldwide waters within the Mediterranean Sea, mentioned a terrorist assault was behind the incident.
The Oboronlogistika firm, which belongs to the Russian Defense Ministry, mentioned it “thinks a targeted terrorist attack was committed on December 23, 2024, against the Ursa Major,” it mentioned in an announcement cited by Russian news companies, with out indicating who could have been behind the act or why.
The ship, inbuilt 2009, sank after an explosion ripped by means of its engine room and two of its 16 crew had been lacking, Russia’s Foreign Ministry mentioned Tuesday.
Oboronlogistika had beforehand mentioned that the ship had been en path to the Russian far japanese port of Vladivostok with two big port cranes lashed to its deck.
Source: www.dailysabah.com