Overview
- La Verdad reported that Spanish investigators identified two undeclared VM‑4SG reactor casings aboard the Ursa Major and assessed the likely destination as North Korea’s port of Rason.
- Spain’s Civil Guard Maritime Service told the Kyiv Independent it completed a local investigation and handed the findings to Russian authorities while declining to share details publicly.
- The captain described three onboard explosions yet acknowledged a roughly 50‑by‑50‑centimeter starboard hull breach with edges bent inward, which officials assessed as consistent with an external strike.
- Seismic stations in Spain recorded underwater shock signals equivalent to 20–50 kilograms of TNT around the time of the sinking, according to the reporting, though raw data have not been released.
- Russian operator Oboronlogistika and officials characterized the incident as a terrorist attack caused by engine‑room explosions, as Spain rescued 14 crew members and reported two missing.