Russia secretly transferred missiles to Crimea?
A mysterious Russian ship was discovered carrying a strange object shaped like a missile in the waters off the Crimean peninsula - an area annexed by Russia since 2014, according to the Daily Star.
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| Russian ship carrying strange object appeared near Crimea. Photo: Daily Star |
According to the news siteDaily Star(UK), photos taken by witnesses show a Russian ship transporting an unidentified object through the Kerch Strait off the eastern coast of Crimea. Some residents spotted the journey of the “strange cargo” as the ship moved through the narrow strait connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov.
Military observers suspect that the strange object with a long, missile-like body could be “missile parts” or an old intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The photos were published by Ukrainian media and shared on Twitter. Many social media users also speculated that it was a missile or a turbine.
“Strange-shaped object being transported from Russia to Crimea via the Kerch Strait. Turbine?” Euan MacDonald, editor of Ukraine’s Kyiv Post newspaper, wrote on Twitter.
Number Stations, a Ukrainian military and intelligence observer, also commented: “The object was transported from Russia to Crimea through the Kerch Strait. It looks like a used ICBM.”
Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014, a move that has been strongly opposed by Ukraine and Western countries. Ukrainian border guards announced on April 4 that all ships entering and leaving Crimea without Ukraine's consent would be detained, even though Crimea had seceded from Ukraine.
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| Map of the Kerch Strait area connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Photo: Google Maps |
