The Russian ship, MV Sparta IV, passed through Istanbul en-route to a Russian base in the Black Sea on the night of March 4. Shipping containers can be seen stacked on the deck, over top of the holds. Photo Yörük Işık
A Russian cargo ship slipped quietly into the Black Sea with a suspected load of war supplies for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, H I Sutton of Naval News reports. The ship, Sparta IV, was loaded in Syria and sailed with a Russian Navy escort. Although Turkey closed the waterway between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to Russian warships, the flow of military supplies continues.
