Russia suspects that the ship that sank off the Spanish coast may have been the target of a terrorist attack

Questions continue about the shipwreck from the russian ship Ursa Major last Monday in international waters, between Eagles (Murcia) and Oran (Algeria). The ship, which could be part of a secret mission of Russian President Vladimir Putin, sank after an explosion in its engine room. Now Russia suspects that could have been a victim of “a terrorist act.”

The Oboronloguistika shipping company, dependent on the Russian Ministry of Defense, has stated in a statement, cited by Russian state agencies, that The sinking of his cargo ship in the Mediterranean was due to a “terrorist attack.”

The company makes this statement without specifying who may have committed it or why.

The ship sank on December 23 off the Spanish coast after an explosion will destroy its engine room and two of its 16 crew members were missing, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The Another 14 crew members were rescued and transferred to the port of Cartagena..

Russian authorities on Tuesday opened a criminal case about the accident for violation of the rules of road safety and operation of water transport, which resulted “in the death of two or more people,” reported the Western Interregional Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

The case was opened by the investigation department of the Department of Transportation of the Russian region of Kaliningrad, according to a statement collected by the Russian news agency. Interface.

Oboronlogistika had previously reported that the ship was en route to the port of Vladivostok, in the far east of Russia, with two giant port cranes tied to its deck and parts and parts for the construction of icebreakers.

However, the British newspaper The Sun assured that this was part of a secret mission from Putin. The purpose of the ship’s trip is not very clear, but Ukrainian and Spanish intelligence sources suggest that it was heading to Syria to remove equipment from that country after the recent fall of the Syrian dictator. Bashar Al Assad.

The Russian-flagged ship departed from Saint Petersburg 12 days ago and was en route to the port of Vladivostok, where it was scheduled to arrive on January 22. He Ursa Major It is a 15-year-old cargo ship, since it was built in 2009.

This ship, 142 meters long and 23 meters wide, was operated by a subsidiary of the company Oboronlogistika, designated by the Russian Government as the sole provider of services to the Russian Ministry of Defense for the transport of cargo to Crimea, the Arctic and the extreme east of the country.