The accident of the russian tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 in the Kerch Strait has caused significant environmental consequences, fuel oil is gradually spreading eastward to the open part of the Black Sea.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine reported this.
According to their data, as of December 23, the main spot is concentrated in the Kerch Strait area. It is noted that by December 27-29, fuel oil may reach the Sea of Azov.
Protected areas are under threat, including the Opukskyi Nature Preserve and the Cape Takil Landscape Park. Potentially dangerous pollution may affect marine fauna and flora, especially coastal ecosystems.
"From December 25, due to a change in the synoptic situation, a gradual movement of oil products in a north-westerly direction is predicted. This will likely create a potential threat of fuel oil reaching the southern coast of Crimea. In the future, fuel oil may again spread north from the point where the ship sank, towards the Sea of Azov, which is confirmed by the modeling results for December 27-29," the Ministry of Environment emphasized.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, at the end of February this year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources named the amount of damage that the russian invasion caused to the ecology of Ukraine.
On December 15, it became known that an accident occurred in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, with two russian tankers - Volgoneft-139 and Volgoneft-212.
Later, videos appeared on social networks, showing that both tankers were literally chopped up by waves.
Greenpeace said the incident could spill 4,000 tons of fuel oil and other petroleum products, threatening the region with an environmental disaster that could last for years.
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