“Spill of fuel oil in the Black Sea due to the accident of Russian tankers: losses may reach billions. After the accident of Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait, there was a large-scale leak of fuel oil. 11 dolphins and 143 birds died, and the oil spill continues to spread across the sea.”, — write on: unn.ua
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The expert noted that those tankers that sank were not connected to the global surveillance system. That is, at first, when everyone learned that an emergency situation had developed, it was not even known where exactly.
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“The pollution stain is coming from a point located in the south of the Kerch Strait. Currently, the wind situation is changing and the stain is already directed in our direction. And after that, according to our data, this oil pollution will go into the open sea. It will be a few days – tomorrow – the day after tomorrow, and then the wind situation will change again and (pollution – ed.) will begin to spread to the north again from the sunken part of the tanker,” Komorin said.
According to him, the Ukrainian Scientific Center for Marine Ecology currently does not know the exact amount of fuel oil that remained in the sunken part of the tanker.
“But now we see from the mass media that a large number of birds have died. Dead dolphins have also been washed ashore,” Komorin added.
When asked what approximate damages could be caused to the Black Sea ecosystem, Komorin answered: “It’s billions. The Environmental Inspection is already dealing with this, they calculate the damages caused by this damage that was caused to the marine environment using the methods they have “.
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On December 23, the monitoring group of “Crimean Wind” reported, with reference to satellite survey data, that a large number of fuel oil stains were observed in the sea near the coast of Kerch after the accident of Russian tankers on December 15.
Two Volgoneft tankers had an accident in the Kerch Strait.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine reported that the fuel oil leak due to the accident of the Russian tankers will have catastrophic consequences for the marine ecosystem of the Black Sea.
On the coast of Novorossiysk, 8 dead dolphins were found after fuel oil was spilled from tankers. In total, 11 dolphins and 143 birds died.