The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will help assess the damage from the russian fuel oil spill into the Black Sea that leaked from damaged tankers in the Kerch Strait in December 2024.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine has reported this.
"On the eve of the UN Conference on Oceans, UNEP is ready to provide Ukraine with technical assistance in assessing the damage caused to the Black Sea ecosystem by this disaster. This will be an important step in overcoming the consequences of the accident," the message says.
The organization's plans include strengthening international control over compliance with environmental standards by sea vessels.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, near the western part of the Dzhantshey and Sasyk estuaries near the Danube Biosphere Reserve, significant areas of the spill were discovered, where fuel oil was found spilled from russian tankers.
On the beach of the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park, up to 4 kg of fuel oil was collected after the accident of russian tankers in the Kerch Strait, millions of small fractions are still drifting in the Black Sea.
And the day before, it became known that lumps of fuel oil from destroyed russian tankers were seen near occupied Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Region.
On December 15, 2024, the Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 tankers crashed in the Kerch Strait due to a storm.
According to Greenpeace Ukraine, as a result of the incident, at least 4,300 tons of fuel oil spilled into the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.
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