Daily Mail: 14 Navy sailors are killed after fire breaks out on Russia's 'most secret nuclear submarine' – prompting Putin to cancel appearance for emergency briefing
* The submariners were surveying the sea floor in the Arctic when a blaze started
* Fourteen crew died from smoke inhalation while carrying out work for the Navy
* The fire was extinguished and the vessel taken to the base at Severomorsk
* Russian Ministry of Defence did not confirm which type of submersible it was
* President Putin was forced to cancel an emergency briefing due to the incident
Fourteen Russian sailors were killed on board a 'secret' submarine, leaving Vladimir Putin to cancel an emergency briefing.
The Russian submariners died after a blaze started on their nuclear submersible in the Arctic yesterday.
The research vessel, described as a nuclear-powered AS-12 Losharik, was carrying out a survey of the sea floor on Monday and the crew died of smoke inhalation, the Russian defence ministry told state news agencies.
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