Russian rescue amid blaze on two cargo ships off Crimea

[JacksinPA]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46948718

Two Tanzania-flagged cargo vessels are ablaze in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait, and Russian rescuers are trying to reach sailors who jumped overboard.

So far three have been rescued and one dead body has been recovered, Russia's maritime agency Rosmorrechflot says.
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The Kerch Strait is a very sensitive point between Russia & the Ukraine. No surprise that Russian vessels were nearby to help these sailors.

 

[Fledermaus]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46948718

Two Tanzania-flagged cargo vessels are ablaze in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait, and Russian rescuers are trying to reach sailors who jumped overboard.

So far three have been rescued and one dead body has been recovered, Russia's maritime agency Rosmorrechflot says.
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The Kerch Strait is a very sensitive point between Russia & the Ukraine. No surprise that Russian vessels were nearby to help these sailors.

Depending on which port they were headed they may have been fired on by the very Russians that rescued them.

 

[Westphalian]

Depending on which port they were headed they may have been fired on by the very Russians that rescued them.

Do you have even so much as a shred of evidence for this statement?


It's like saying they may have been hit by a stray US missile from a military exercise in Romania.


It's just pure and un-adulterated nonsense because Russia must be blamed for everything :roll:.

 

[Fledermaus]

Do you have even so much as a shred of evidence for this statement?

It's like saying they may have been hit by a stray US missile from a military exercise in Romania.

It's just pure and un-adulterated nonsense because Russia must be blamed for everything :roll:.

Sure.

They fired on Ukraine ships legally transiting the area just a while ago.

And rammed one.

And took their crews captive.





Right?

 

[Westphalian]

Sure.

They fired on Ukraine ships legally transiting the area just a while ago.

And rammed one.

And took their crews captive.





Right?

Wrong.

 

[Fledermaus]

Wrong.

Which part is wrong?

 

[Rogue Valley]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46948718

Two Tanzania-flagged cargo vessels are ablaze in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait, and Russian rescuers are trying to reach sailors who jumped overboard.

So far three have been rescued and one dead body has been recovered, Russia's maritime agency Rosmorrechflot says.
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The Kerch Strait is a very sensitive point between Russia & the Ukraine. No surprise that Russian vessels were nearby to help these sailors.

10 are dead, 12 were rescued, and another 10 are still missing. Besides one Libyan, all of the crew is/were from Turkey and India.

According to Ukrainian authorities, an explosion occurred when two tanker ships were exchanging LNG. The gas is reportedly being illegally shipped to Syria.