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Battery compartment fire causes Russian submersible incident, nuclear reactor intact: defense chief

Xinhua | Updated: 2019-07-04 15:35

People bring flowers to a Navy memorial to commemorate 14 Russian Navy officers who died in a fire on a research deep-sea submersible in Russia's northern territorial waters on July 1, 2019. [Photo/IC]

MOSCOW - A fire in the battery compartment and its spread caused the deadly incident on a Russian deep-water apparatus on Monday, while the nuclear reactor on board was not affected, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.

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