Another Russian ship sank in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. “Oil products are located tens of kilometers along the coast,” said the governor of Krasnodar Veniamin Kondratiev.
On Tuesday, the ship “Volgoneft 109” stopped working. 4 thousand tons of fuel oil were transported. The tanker was damaged in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. In the same place on Sunday, two more tanks broke down: “Volgoneft 212” broke in half and “Volgoneft 239” fell to the ground.
Fuel oil spilled into the sea as a result of Sunday's accident. Russian media say that there are probably more than 3,000 people stuck in the Kerch Strait. tons of substances that pose a serious threat to the environment. The total amount of fuel carried by both tankers damaged on Sunday was about 9,000 barrels. melody
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Pollution on beaches
On Tuesday, the independent website “Moscow Times” reported that part of the oil pollution was located on the coast of the Krasnodar region, near the resort of Anapa.
The portal published photos in which law enforcement services remove oil stains from the beaches. “Oil products are located tens of kilometers from the coast,” Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratiev said on Telegram.
Reuters and independent media reported that the Volgoneft 212, Volgoneft 239 and Volgoneft 109 were older vessels built in the late 1960s and early 1970s, while the Russian arm of Radio Svoboda noted that in in November 2007, five ships were sunk after a strong storm. from which more than a thousand tons of fuel oil spilled into the sea. and only seven tons of granular sulfur out of three tons.
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