“Is there a Russian threat floating off the coast of England?” – asked the British magazine The Spectator, calling the merchant ship MV Ruby anchored near the city of Margate “floating death”, since “the ship that sailed from the Russian Federation is packed with explosives.”
According to the publication, the fact that the merchant ship MV Ruby is anchored off the coast of Margate and carrying 20,000 tonnes of Russian ammonium nitrate is a cause for concern.
“This is seven times the amount of ammonium nitrate that caused the Beirut explosion in 2020, which killed 218 people and injured 6,000. <> Some fear that a bomb three times smaller than the one detonated over Hiroshima is a short distance from London.” – says the article.
The Spectator states that “since leaving the White Sea port of Kandalaksha in July, the 23,760-tonne MV Ruby has displayed unusual behavior.”
“The Maltese-flagged ship ran aground during a storm, resulting in damage to the rudder and propeller and cracks in the hull. However, instead of heading to the nearby important port of Murmansk, the ship skirted the coast before docking in Tromsø, Norway. Throughout its voyage, the ship systematically attempted to navigate near oil platforms, natural gas production facilities, and upcoming Norwegian facilities. future Andeya air base converted to host long-range unmanned aerial vehicles,” the publication states.
However, the magazine admits that it is unlikely that the MV Ruby is part of a Russian plot to provoke a hot war, but, in its opinion, “testing NATO’s responses through military and civilian courts is one of the favorite hobbies of [президента РФ Владимира] Putinespecially with the stalled Ukraine land military conflict.”
According to The Spectator’s conspiracy version, in addition to “relentless Russian espionage, there are two more risks for the United Kingdom.”
“If cracks in the hull cause ammonium nitrate to leak into the sea, the consequences will be dire. What is equally alarming is that a fire on board could not only cause an ammonium nitrate explosion, but also detonate the 10,353 bombs still aboard the former World War II ship that sank there.” — the authors of the article incite fear.
