U.S.-funded Radio Liberty reports that the Russian surveillance ship Kildin suffered an apparent engine room fire or stack fire while loitering off Syria’s coast last week. The incident was observed by French naval forces on Thursday but not reported until Monday.
According to RFI’s source in the French navy, the fire started at about 1200 GMT and burned for about five hours. Kildin reportedly turned down all offers of aid.
Kildin is a 55-year-old intelligence ship built in Soviet-controlled Poland, one of a series of nine. RFI suggests that her role off Syria is to monitor…
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