During one of its naval exercises near Kaliningrad on March 19, Russia accidentally tanked its own ship, the trawler Captain Lobanov, with a missile, an independent television channel TV Rain reported.

During one of its naval exercises near Kaliningrad on March 19, Russia accidentally tanked its own ship, the trawler Captain Lobanov, with a missile, an independent television channel TV Rain reported. This incident claimed the lives of three crew members and left four others injured. According to reports from Russian media channels, a missile mistakenly struck the trawler during the drill of the Baltic Fleet exercise on March 19, resulting in a fire that engulfed the ship, destroying the captain's cabin. A video shared on social media captured the chaos as flames consumed the vessel. Official reports vs. reality Initially, authorities reported a mere "fire" onboard, concealing the severity of the situation. However, a relative of a crew member revealed that the missile directly hit the ship's captain's cabin, causing extensive damage. "A relative of a squad member of the trawler ‘Captain Lobanov’ confirmed…that the ship was mistakenly hit by a navy missile. As a result of a missile hitting the fishing trawler Kapitan Lobanov on March 19, three crew members were killed and four more were injured…The missile that hit the trawler was fired during a Baltic Fleet exercise…Before the incident, the trawler’s crew members were about to go to bed when a rocket fell on the captain’s cabin," TV Rain report read. "When they were taking away the survivors, everyone knew perfectly well that three people had been killed. And everyone knew perfectly well that a missile had hit. But they decided to write that there was a 'fire.' I wonder what kind of fire it was if the captain's cabin was completely gone, it was simply blown away," the source told TV Rain. Following the incident, surviving crew members were taken to a hospital for treatment where they were interrogated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and instructed "not to talk about the incident." Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs tweeted on X, "It looks like Russians drowned their own ship during an exercise. Way to go!" The family of survivors expressed frustration over the discrepancy between official statements and the actual events. They raised concerns about the accuracy of reports, given the destruction of the captain's cabin.

Russia accidentally tanks its own ship during naval exercise, 3 crew members dead

Indian Navy has postponed its largest Naval exercise --Milan 2020 -- given the safety of all participants and travel restrictions due to deadly coronavirus. Navies from over 30 countries were to participate in the exercise in Visakhapatnam from March 18th to March 27th.

Indian Navy has postponed its largest Naval exercise --Milan 2020 -- given the safety of all participants and travel restrictions due to deadly coronavirus. Navies from over 30 countries were to participate in the exercise in Visakhapatnam from March 18th to March 27th. Indian navy said, "It is for information that MILAN 2020...has been postponed taking into consideration the safety of all participants and travel restrictions imposed by the spread of COVID-19." The Indian Navy will schedule MILAN at a later convenient date. MILAN began in 1995 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and grew with each passing decade to have Navies from 17 countries in 2018. This was the 11th edition of MILAN and was being held under the aegis of Eastern Naval Command. This is the second major event in the Indian Subcontinent to be postponed. Nepal on Monday announced that it will postpone Sagarmatha Sambaad that was to take place in April 2020. Leaders from across the South Asian region including PM Modi was invited for the event focused on discussing regional and global developments.

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Russia accidentally tanks its own ship during naval exercise, 3 crew members dead

India's largest naval exercise postponed due to coronavirus scare