On December 15, the Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 fuel oil tankers sank in the Kerch Strait, causing a fuel spill. Russia's Transport Ministry said that four tanks with petroleum products were ...
Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.
Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch ... that this spill could be more than twice the size of a similar disaster in the strait in 2007 ...
Up to 5,000 tonnes of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official statements analysed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. A senior Russian ...
The Cool Down on MSN11d
Emergency crews work around the clock to contain massive oil spill from damaged Russian tanker: 'One of the most serious ... challenges we have faced in recent years'The Volgoneft-239 ran aground on Dec. 15 during severe storms in the Kerch Strait. Emergency crews work around the clock to ...
On President Vladimir Putin’s orders, the Russian Transport Ministry has launched an inspection of companies operating tanker fleet vessels following the sinking of two ships in the Kerch Strait.
South China Morning Post on MSN12d
Chinese cargo ship runs aground on Russia's Pacific region of Sakhalin but no spill reportedEarlier this year, hundreds of volunteers in southwestern Russia spent weeks trying to contain a massive fuel oil spill from two storm-stricken tankers in the Kerch Strait near Crimea. The Sakhalin ...
Earlier this year, hundreds of volunteers in southwestern Russia spent weeks trying to contain a massive fuel oil spill from two storm-stricken tankers in the Kerch Strait near Crimea. The ...
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