Russian rescue personnel return from a 2000 dive in a mini submarine to the Kursk in the Barents Sea. The fire took place Monday while crew on the craft were conducting topographic measurements of the seabed near Russia’s Severomorsk base in the Barents Sea, the ministry said. Russian media outlets, citing military sources, identified the vessel as a nuclear-powered AS-12 Losharik submersible. NATO has expressed concern over an increase in apparent Russian undersea activity around data ­cables in the North Atlantic. The Barents Sea is north of the Russian and Norwegian coasts.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2019 15:06 UTC