该船在叙利亚装载，并由俄罗斯海军护航。预计将在俄罗斯新罗西斯克卸货，这是一个严重参与入侵乌克兰的基地。

据报道，由于乌克兰战争，贯穿伊斯坦布尔和土耳其主权水域的博斯普鲁斯海峡对军舰关闭。俄罗斯使用商船和辅助设备通过海峡运送战争物资。

据《海军新闻》报道，“斯巴达IV”号是俄罗斯航运公司SC South LLC拥有的四艘船之一。后者涉及运输军事装备。据报道，乌克兰战争后，该公司和该船已被美国政府列入特别指定国民名单(SDN)制裁。

俄罗斯媒体早些时候报道说，这艘船带着人道主义援助抵达塔尔图斯市。这是在2月6日发生毁灭性地震之后发生的。救援物资被装在甲板上的集装箱里运输。之后，该船在俄罗斯海军基地塔尔图斯装载。

在进入博斯普鲁斯海峡之前，2023年3月1日观察到该船在远离塔尔图斯的东地中海水域航行。该舰似乎由俄罗斯海军20380护卫，即Steregushchiy级导弹护卫舰。

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As noted, the ship was loaded in Syria and sailed with a Russian Navy escort.  It’s expected to unload in Novorossiysk, Russia, a base heavily involved in the Ukraine invasion.

The Bosporus Straits running through Istanbul and Turkish sovereign waters are reportedly closed to warships due to the Ukraine war.  Russia has used merchant vessels and auxiliaries to move war supplies via the straits.

Per Naval News, the Sparta IV is one of the four vessels owned by SC South LLC, a shipping firm based in Russia.  The latter is involved in transporting military equipment.  The firm and the vessel have reportedly been sanctioned by the US government under the Specially Designated Nationals list (SDN) following the war in Ukraine.

Russian media earlier reported that the vessel reached the city of Tartus with humanitarian aid.  This followed the devastating earthquake that took place on 6 February.  The aid was transported in shipping containers on the deck.  After that, the vessel was loaded at Tartus, in Russia’s naval base.

Before entering the Bosporus, the vessel was observed on 1 March 2023, sailing in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, far away from Tartus.  The ship seemed to be escorted by a Russian designation Navy Project 20380, the Steregushchiy class missile corvette.

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