Satellite images show that pollution from Russian fuel oil has reached Yevpatoria.
Fuel oil stains on the shore
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine Svetlana Grinchuk held an online meeting with the Minister of Environment, Water and Forests of Romania and Acting Minister of Environment and Water of Bulgaria.
This was reported by the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine Svetlana Grinchuk.
As a result of the meeting, the ministers agreed on joint steps to interact with international institutions on the large-scale environmental disaster in the Black Sea caused by fuel oil pollution from Russian tankers.
It is noted that the problem is the lack of verified data on the consequences of the accident with Russian tankers and the spread of fuel oil pollution in the Black Sea.
“We have access to information about this situation only through Crimean local media and a limited number of satellite images,” Grinchuk noted.
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< As she noted, information about fuel oil pollution is available only from Crimean local media and a limited number of satellite images, which demonstrate that pollution with Russian fuel oil has reached Yevpatoria.
Despite the fact that mathematical models do not show the movement of the slick to the west, the consequences of the accident with Russian tankers pose risks for the entire Black Sea. We are talking about tens of kilometers of fuel oil film on the surface of the water deep into the Black Sea, thousands of kilometers of polluted coastline, thousands of dead birds and dozens of dolphins, and disrupted food chains in ecosystems. According to preliminary estimates by environmental inspectors, the fuel oil leak caused material damage to the Black Sea ecosystem worth more than 14 billion US dollars,” Grinchuk recalled.
Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria also agreed to coordinate joint efforts to limit the entry of the old Russian fleet into the Black Sea, which creates potential threats to the marine ecosystem.
The minister said that on January 27, the case will be considered at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization Subcommittee on Pollution Prevention.
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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 Volgoneft 212 tanker, but one of them died. The tankers were transporting fuel oil. An oil spill was recorded in the sea.
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On December 17, it was reported that preliminary losses as a result of the accident with two tankers in the Kerch Strait could reach $14 billion.
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In early January, new areas of fuel oil spills were discovered in temporarily occupied Crimea – in the village of Yakovenkovo on the Kerch Peninsula. Three thousand meters of coastline are contaminated in this place.
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Later it became known that over 100 tons of soil contaminated with fuel oil were collected in Sevastopol in two days. A state of emergency of regional significance was declared in Sevastopol.
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The spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy, Dmitry Pletenchuk, did not rule out that the oil products that got into the Black Sea after the accident of two Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait could reach the coast of Odessa and Nikolaev.