A fire broke out in a Russian spy ship off the coast of Syria

A Russian warship was launched off the coast of the Syrian port of Tartous, through the wireless, that it is in a difficult situation and that it was drifting and out of control, and called on other ships to stay away from its path.
According to military officials from a member state of NATO, the message came at a time when the Russian spying ship “Keldin” loaded with equipment to collect intelligence information came, and is no longer under control off the port .

Fire control

The ship, which entered the service 55 years ago, gathered intelligence information about NATO activities in the Mediterranean, and was operating near the headquarters of the naval training carried out by Turkey, a member of the alliance before the fire, according to officials.
The officials said the fire lasted for at least four hours, and that the “Keldin” crew removed the covers from the survival boats, although they never descended it to the sea.
They added that the crew finally regained control and that Keldin is still concentrated and gathering intelligence information off the Syrian port of Tartous, accompanied by a frigate and a supply ship, and the cause of the fire was not yet clear.