“On January 11, 13 new foci of fuel oil contamination were discovered in the occupied Crimea, the head of the Russian-controlled Crimean government, Yuriy Gotsanyuk, announced. “At the moment, 13 sources of pollution have been detected in five municipal entities – Kerch, Yevpatoria, Leninskyi, Sakskyi and Black Sea districts,” he wrote in a telegram. In turn, the head of Kerch, controlled by the Russian Federation, Oleg Katorgin, said that as of January 11, the release of oil-containing stains “was recorded and eliminated on the city’s embankment, in the area of the Yeni-Kale fortress, as well as on the Cherepashka, Smorzhevsky, Molodizhny, and City beaches.” The head of Russian-controlled Crimea, Serhiy Aksyonov, said that the situation with fuel oil emissions in Crimea, according to forecasts, could worsen. There is a high risk that the scale of pollution will increase to a level comparable to that recorded on the coast of the Krasnodar region of Russia. Two Volgoneft fuel oil tankers crashed in the Kerch Strait on Sunday, December 15, 2024 – according to the main version, due to a storm. Oil products were spilled as a result of the tanker accident. According to Russian mass media, Volgoneft-212 was transporting 4,300 tons of fuel oil. Shot and Baza claim that approximately the same amount of petroleum products was on board Volgonefta-239. Later, the Russian Maritime Rescue Service said that as a result of the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2.4 thousand tons of oil products leaked into the Black Sea. ”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“At the moment, 13 sources of pollution have been detected in five municipal entities – Kerch, Yevpatoria, Leninskyi, Sakskyi and Black Sea districts,” he wrote in a telegram.
In turn, the head of Kerch, controlled by the Russian Federation, Oleg Katorgin, said that as of January 11, the release of oil-containing stains “was recorded and eliminated on the city’s embankment, in the area of the Yeni-Kale fortress, as well as on the Cherepashka, Smorzhevsky, Molodizhny, and City beaches.”
The head of Russian-controlled Crimea, Serhiy Aksyonov, said that the situation with fuel oil emissions in Crimea, according to forecasts, could worsen. There is a high risk that the scale of pollution will increase to a level comparable to that recorded on the coast of the Krasnodar region of Russia.
Two Volgoneft fuel oil tankers crashed in the Kerch Strait on Sunday, December 15, 2024 – according to the main version, due to a storm.
Later, the Russian Maritime Rescue Service said that as a result of the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2.4 thousand tons of oil products leaked into the Black Sea.