Intel Gear Pulled Before Damaged Ship Went Under In Black Sea, Says Kremlin
April 28 2017
Russia
The Russian Defense Ministry says that all the “special equipment” aboard a Russian navy intelligence vessel was removed before it sank on Thursday, reports Russia’s Sputnik news agency.
The Liman collided with a Togo-flagged vessel carrying livestock about 25 miles from the Bosphorus Strait in the Black Sea. The intelligence ship sank because of a hull rupture. All 78 members of the crew were rescued, noted the ministry.
The Liman was kept afloat for almost three hours, said...
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