Russian Cargo Ship Sank in Mediterranean Sea – Russian cargo ship sank in Mediterranean Sea… there was an explosion in the engine room, Spain rescued 14 crew members – Russian cargo ship Ursa Major sank in Mediterranean sea after engine room explosion Spain rescued 14 crew members ntc

A Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday night. According to the report of news agency Reuters, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that there was an explosion in the engine room of the cargo ship named ‘Ursa Major’ on Monday, after which the ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight. Went. Two crew members aboard the ship are missing. This ship was launched into the sea in 2009, the responsibility for whose operation was with the Oboronlogistika company.

The OboronLogistics company oversees military construction operations for the Russian Defense Ministry. This cargo ship was going to Russia’s eastern port Vladivostok. Two huge port cranes were loaded on the ship. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Center said in a statement that 14 of the ship’s 16 crew members were rescued and brought to Spain. But two members are still missing. What was the cause of the explosion in the engine room of the ship is not yet known.

US had imposed a ban on sinking ships in 2022

The Russian Embassy in Spain said in a statement that we are trying to find out the circumstances under which the cargo ship sank and are in contact with authorities in Spain. According to the London Stock Exchange Group, SK-Yug, sister company of OboronLogistica Group, is the owner and operator of the cargo ship ‘Ursa Major’. He declined to comment on its sinking. The US had imposed sanctions on both these companies and the Ursa Major ship in 2022 due to their ties with the Russian military.

Video footage of the ship was shot by another ship passing by on 23 December. Along with this video, a story about the sinking of Ursa Major was also published on Russia’s life.ru news outlet on Tuesday. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said it had received a distress signal from the cargo ship ‘Ursa Major’ on December 24 when it was about 57 miles off the coast of Almira. The Spanish Maritime Rescue Service said it contacted a nearby ship, which reported very bad weather and a lifeboat in the water near Ursa Major.

Spain Maritime Rescue Service rescues 14 crew members

The Spanish Maritime Rescue Service dispatched two ships and a helicopter to the scene and rescued 14 crew members of the Ursa Major and transported them to the Port of Cartagena. Crew members said that the ship was loaded with empty containers as well as two port cranes. Later a Russian warship reached the spot and took command of the rescue operation. Ship tracking data from LSEG shows the ship departed from the Russian port of St. Petersburg on December 11 and was last seen sending signals between Algeria and Spain on December 23, where it sank.

Ukraine said another Russian ship malfunctioned

Upon leaving St. Petersburg, it had indicated that its next stop was the Russian port of Vladivostok and not the Syrian port of Tartus. Earlier, Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Service – HUR, which monitors the activities of Russian ships, had said in a post on its official Telegram channel on Monday that a Russian cargo ship named Sparta has stopped off the coast of Portugal due to a technical fault. The Ukrainian agency reported that the Sparta ship was on its way to Syria to collect military equipment and ammunition after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. HUR later said in an update that Sparta’s crew had fixed the technical fault and the ship was proceeding towards its destination.