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By: Simon Schröder
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A Russian ship sank in the Baltic Sea near Kaliningrad following an explosion.
The circumstances are puzzling.
Kaliningrad – There was an explosion on a Russian fishing boat in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
One person was killed and two people are missing.
The ship “Kapitan Lobanow” sank in the Baltic Sea after the fire broke out.
Dmitry Lyskov, government spokesman for the regional district near Kaliningrad, told the Russian news agency
TASS
that an "emergency" on the fishing vessel 'Kapitan Lovanov' sparked a fire on Tuesday (March 19).
“There were victims.
The injured are receiving all the necessary medical care,” said the spokesman.
A Russian ship cutter in the port of Kaliningrad: A fire broke out on a trawler in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday.
© IMAGO/Vitaly Nevar
Russian ship sinks in “Nato Lake” near Kaliningrad - connection to Ukraine war unclear
The area around Kaliningrad has been under close observation by the West and Russia since the Ukraine war.
The Russian enclave is surrounded by the NATO countries Poland and Lithuania and is of great strategic importance for Vladimir Putin.
Kaliningrad is home to Russian naval bases, air bases and missile defense systems in the middle of NATO territory.
The enclave gives Russia further access to the Baltic Sea, which was declared by many to be a “NATO lake” when Sweden joined.
It is unclear whether the explosion was an attack as part of the war in Ukraine or an accident.
However, according to a report in the US magazine Newsweek
, pro-Ukrainian social media channels published
photos of the destroyed Russian ship.
Since the days before the Russian election, pro-Ukrainian partisans have repeatedly invaded Russian territory and are even planning a march on Moscow.
Putin has already announced retaliation.
Russian ship capsizes after explosion off Kaliningrad
The trawler's seven-person crew set sail from the town of Swetly near Kaliningrad into the Baltic Sea and targeted Pillau as their destination port.
As the explosion ignited the fire, the crew sent out a distress signal around 11 a.m. local time.
According to Newsweek,
four
of the seven crew members were rescued.
One sailor died and two other people remain missing.
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There was already an incident on the ship in 2021, without any injuries at the time: the cutter turned onto its hull and capsized after leaving the port of Svetly.
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(SiSchr)