December 26, 2024, 6:55 AM
December 26, 2024, 6:55 AM
The sinking of the Russian cargo ship “Ursa Major” in the Mediterranean Sea was due to a “terrorist attack”, the shipping company that owns the ship, which reports to the Russian Ministry of Defense, said on Wednesday (12/25/2024).
The shipping company Oboronloguistika “believes that a terrorist attack was committed against the ‘Ursa Major’ on December 23, 2024,” Russian state agencies said, without any precision about the possible perpetrators or motivations for the incident.
According to the report, which cites the testimony of survivors, “three consecutive explosions” were heard that made the ship rock and caused “water to enter.”
Two of the ship’s 16 crew members, all of Russian nationality, are missing.
The incident occurred between Spain and Algeria and the survivors were transferred to the Spanish city of Cartagena.
The Russian Foreign Ministry had indicated on Tuesday that the “Ursa Major” had sunk “after an explosion in the engine room.”
According to the company Oboronloguistika, which depends on the Russian Ministry of Defense but also provides civil transport and logistics services, the cargo ship was heading towards Vladivostok, in the Russian Far East, and was transporting port cranes and icebreaker equipment.
It had set sail on December 11 from the city of Saint Petersburg, in northwest Russia, according to the MarineTraffic.com portal.
