Vladimir Putin sends warship 'full of weapons' through Channel in open defiance of Keir Starmer's threat to seize Russian vessels
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The Sparta has been linked in the past to military equipment ferried to Syria, off the south coast.It was allegedly bound for Port Said in northern Egypt as it travelled west through the Channel near Dover.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The Sparta is travelling alongside two other vessels: the General Skobelev, a tanker under international sanctions, and the Akademik Pashin, a refuelling ship suspected of supporting the convoy's journey from Russian waters to Africa.The cargo vessel has a notorious history as part of the so-called "Syrian Express", a fleet that conducted supply runs through the Bosphorus to support the Assad regime.Intelligence reports indicate the ship transported military equipment and personnel between the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and Russia's naval facility in Tartus,...
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