Russia ascribes ship blast to ‘terrorist attack’

MOSCOW: A “terrorist act” sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, the Russian state-owned company that owns the vessel said on Wednesday.

The Oboronlogistika company said it “thinks a targeted terrorist attack was committed on Dec 23, 2024, against the Ursa Major,” it said in a statement cited by Russian news agencies, without indicating who may have been behind the act or why.

The ship sank in international waters off Spain in the...