Russia sends ship to Somali coast to fight piracy (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 09/26/2008 - 12:15pm

Canadian sailors on board a helicopter patrol the waters off the coast of Somalia on Setember 18.<br /><br />Russia has dispatched the Neustrashimy to Somalia after a Ukrainian freighter was seized with Russian tanks and other military hardware aboard.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AP - Russia's navy dispatched a warship to Somalia's coast, officials said Friday, a day after pirates there carried out their boldest attack yet — the capture of a Ukrainian vessel manned with Russian and Ukranian crew and loaded with 33 tanks and ammunition bound for Kenya.




 

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