A large-scale fuel oil pollution, likely caused by the sinking of Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait, has been discovered on the coast of Odesa Oblast.
Source: Ivan Rusiev, a scientist and the head of the research department of the Tuzly Lagoons Natio…
A 300-square-kilometre oil spill has been detected in the Azov Sea following a collision between two Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait. The wind may carry the oil products towards the shores of Mariupol.
Source: Mariupol City Council on Telegram; Cen…
The cleanup of the coastline of occupied Crimea from fuel oil leaked by damaged Russian ships is highly problematic due to the coastal zone being closed off by Russian military forces.
Source: Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities), a Radio Liberty project, ci…
Birds covered in oily liquid were found in the Tuzly Lagoons National Park in Odesa Oblast. The animals probably flew in after two Russian tankers sank, spilling oil products into the Black Sea.
Source: Tuzly Lagoons National Park; Crimean Tatar Resour…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on its partners to step up counteraction to Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers after an accident involving such vessels in the Black Sea caused an environmental disaster in the area.
Source: Heorhii T…
A state of emergency of “regional significance” was declared in the Russian-occupied city of Sevastopol on 4 January.
Source: Mikhail Razvozhayev, the so-called “governor” of Sevastopol
Details: Fuel oil was found on several beaches. Local residents ar…
31 December, 2024 A Russian Mi-8 helicopter in the sights of a Ukrainian Magura V5 naval drone. 31.12.2024. Source. The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
For the first time in the world, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed an air target using a…
Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has introduced a federal state of emergency due to the fuel oil spill following the 15 December tanker accident in the Kerch Strait.
Source: Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza; Radio Liberty, citing the words of Serge…
An emergency state has been declared in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai due to fuel oil contamination along the Black Sea coastline.
Source: Governor of Krasnodar Krai Veniamin Kondratiev on Telegram; Meduza, a Latvian-based Russian media outlet
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Two Russian tankers crashed in the Kerch Strait on 15 December, causing an oil spill which washed up on the coast of Russiaʼs Krasnodar Krai. Local residents have been recording the oil-contaminated coastline and publishing footage of birds affected by…