President Vladimir Putin in a meeting with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu on Tuesday confirmed that two of the men killed were highly decorated «Heroes of Russia», and that another seven were First Rang Captains. Onboard the submarine were several of the Russian Navy’s most experienced sailors. «Great loss for the Navy» Serious talking between the president and the defense minister. There has not been measured any heightened levels of radiation in the area. The Russian Defense Ministry, however, rebuffs that any such information was ever shared with the Norwegians. Representatives of Russian authorities on Tuesday informed the Norwegian side about the incident, Morten Strand from the Radiation Protection Authority told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. Information about the accident made it to the media many hours after the drama and the high level of secrecy surrounding the GUGI and its operations makes it unlikely that the full story will ever get out.Īccording to the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, the accident was triggered by a gas explosion on board the vessel. Satellite image from Google Earth Possible gas explosion Olenya Bay on the Barents Sea coast is home to Russia’s fleet of spy-submarines operating under the Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research. Other listening devices can detect sounds made by the propellers of enemy ships. The “ Losharik” is believed to be able to bring - or remove - other small installations and devices for military purposes to be placed on the sea floor. Such devices can be noice-makers to distract foreign submarines when Russian submarines sail out from the Kola Peninsula to the North Atlantic. Sources in the Navy on Tuesday told Russian media that the accident had happened in the « Losharik».īoth the « Podmoskovie» and the « Losharik» are normally based in Oleniya Bay, and operated by the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research, nicknamed GUGI, a branch directly under General Staff of the Armed Forces. The « Podmoskovie» is a rebuilt Delta-IV class submarine designed to carry the much smaller « Losharik». Other locals later reported that they saw bodies being taken out of the submarine and to an approaching ship.Ī source in the Russian Navy later told SeverPost that the submarine seen by the local fishermen was most likely the « Podmoskovie», the mother vessel of the special purpose submarine « Losharik» (AS-31). Around 11 pm, the vessels accompanied the submarine away from the area. The fishermen hid in nearby bay from where they saw that a navy vessel and two tugs quickly arrived on site. On the deck, people were running around and making fuss,» he told SeverPost. I have never seen anything like it in my life. «We were heading towards Kildin, and then, about half past nine in the evening, a submarine surfaces. It happened around 9.30 pm near the Ura Bay, one of the witnesses says. But the men who late Monday evening were onboard a small local fishing boat off the coast of the Kola Peninsula told news agency SeverPost that they witnessed what appeared as a state of emergency. They were out doing illegal fishing and do not want to reveal their names.
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