MADRID \u2014 A Russian ship that sank in the Mediterranean after its engine room exploded may have been carrying pieces for nuclear reactors used in submarines, a Spanish government document shows.<\/p>\n
The Ursa Major sank on Dec. 23, 2024, between Spain and Algeria while allegedly on a journey from St. Petersburg to Russia’s eastern port of Vladivostok. Two crew members were lost while 14 other people were saved by Spanish rescue craft.<\/p>\n
It has emerged that the Ursa Major’s Russian captain told Spanish port authorities following his rescue that the vessel was carrying parts for nuclear reactors suitable for use in submarines.<\/p>\n
In a written response to opposition lawmakers, the Spanish government wrote that the ship\u2019s captain \u201cconfessed\u201d that the ship was carrying \u201ccomponents for two nuclear reactors similar to those used in submarines.\u201d<\/p>\n
The response was included in a document registered by the Spanish parliament on Feb. 23 and reported by CNN on Tuesday. The document has been seen by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
At the time of the sinking, the Russian state-owned ship owner, Oboronlogistika, said that the Ursa Major was sabotaged. It said three powerful explosions damaged the boat just above the water line in what the company described as a \u201cterrorist attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oboronlogistika was established under Russia\u2019s defense ministry and placed under U.S. and European Union sanctions for its ties to Russia\u2019s military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MADRID \u2014 A Russian ship that sank in the Mediterranean after its engine room exploded may have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4678,17,10528,5534],"class_list":["post-22570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-ap-a-wire","tag-spain","tag-top-ap-news","tag-wires-bot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}