Satellite images and navigation data probably reveal a new weapons route into Russia.
On 16 August, at 23:45, SPARTA IV slipped through the Bosphorus Strait. Once again it was on its way to Syria, and several times it turned off the tracking system on board. Photo: Yörük Işık/Aftenposten
Sea view
Published: 29/09/2023 23:04
A modern, 122 meter long cargo ship slowly slips into the Black Sea after passing the Turkish-controlled Bosphorus Strait. With its 18 meter wide loading platform, it has room for containers, on containers, on containers.
Officially, it is loaded with olive oil from Syria. But new findings suggest that it probably has something far more deadly on board, where it has set course for the port of the Russian city of Novorossiysk. A group of scientists have been following this Russian ship named SPARTA IV since 2018.
– If I was surprised by what we found? Yes, I can promise you that, says researcher Giangiuseppe Pili to Aftenposten.
Read the whole story with a subscription
Already a subscriber? sign in
2023-09-29 21:04:05
#pretends #perfectly #normal #ship #Putins #secret #lies #board
