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According to the survivors' account, the cargo ship was carrying empty containers in the hold and two cranes on deck,
the Spanish rescue service said Russia has begun transporting some of its weapons and equipment from the port of Tartus to Libya by sea,
Ukraine's GUR military intelligence service said Monday The Russian dry cargo ship Ursa Major sank after an explosion in the engine room. As a result of the incident, 14 people were rescued, 2 went missing."
Russian Defense Ministry, according to Tass, said The complete loss of the two cranes and icebreaker hatches is a massive blow to Russian operations in Vladivostok."
OSINT analyst Oliver Alexander wrote on X Dark days for Russia's seafaring global terror operations as yet another ship sinks off the coast of Spain."
Pro-Ukrainian X user Jay in Kyiv wrote Looks like bad start for Russia's evacuation of Tartus. First Sparta broke down off the coast of Tartus, now Ursa Major appears to have suffered a more severe breakdown."
Frederik Van Lokeren, a former Belgian navy officer and current navy analyst, wrote Of the 16 crew members (from the Russian Federation), 14 people were rescued (taken by the rescue service to the port of Cartagena, Murcia), 2 are missing,
The cargo ship Sparta, which Russia sent to transport its weapons and equipment from Syria, broke down during movement
Ukrainian military intelligence agency GUR said To ensure the stability of the vessel when performing cargo operations with oversized cargo, containers were loaded onto the lower deck in advance as additional ballast [in a] complex cargo handling operation."
An official Russian statement said We assess that North Korean troops, who have recently engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces, have suffered around 1,100 casualties.”
In a statement released on Monday, the South’s joint chiefs of staff (JCS) said This case once again confirms that Russia is resorting to any means to hide its losses on the battlefield and conceal foreign presence,
