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Another oil spill detected near Kerch Strait, – Ministry of Environment

ByНазар Богудан

Jan 2, 2025

There is information about injured birds in the cities of Koktebel, Alushta, Gurzuf and in the Anapa area.

Another oil slick has been recorded near the Kerch Strait, -</p> <p> from a sunken Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, </p> <p>An oil slick with an area of ​​approximately 10 km² was recorded in the waters near the entrance to the Kerch Strait after the accident of two Russian tankers.</p> <p>This was reported by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Svetlana Grinchuk. /p> </p> <p>According to her According to the Sentinel-1 satellite, on December 31, a photo of the area near the Kerch Strait was obtained. </p> <p>“At the entrance to the Kerch Strait from the Black Sea, in the area of ​​the settlement of Volna (Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation), a spot characteristic of oil pollution was recorded, with an area of ​​approximately 10 km². An additional spot with an area of ​​approximately 3 km² was discovered 28-30 km south of Cape Opuk. The fuel oil reached the southern coast of Crimea,” Grinchuk noted.</p> <p>There is information about injured birds in the cities of Koktebel, Alushta, Gurzuf and in the Anapa area.</p> <ul> <li>On December 15, it was reported that two tankers, Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239, were sinking in the Kerch Strait. There were 13 and 14 people on board the tankers, respectively. Rescuers evacuated 13 crew members of the tanker “Volgoneft 212”, but one of them died. The tankers were transporting fuel oil. An oil spill is recorded in the sea.</li> <li>On December 17, Grinchuk reported that the preliminary damage as a result of the accident of two tankers in the Kerch Strait could reach $14 billion.</li> </ul> <p><!--noindex--></p> <p><a rel=lb.ua

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