Fuel oil is moving to occupied Yalta: the coast and birds are in danger
Kyiv • UNN
After a Russian tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, a fuel oil slick moves toward Yalta. Local residents find contaminated birds, which are taken to the Skazka Zoo for treatment.
Residents of the coastal settlements of the temporarily occupied Crimea find birds affected by fuel oil due to the accident of Russian tankers on the shore.
This was reported by UNN with reference to Krym.Realii.
Details
An activist from Crimea (on condition of anonymity) said that birds affected by fuel oil are already being found on the southern coast of Crimea. A special algorithm has been developed to help the affected animals.
The injured birds are being taken to the Yalta Zoo “Skazka”, but after treatment they are to be released into the wild, where there is a high risk of repeated contamination with fuel oil.
According to a group of scientists led by Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Serhiy Zatsepa, the pollution spot is moving southwest, bypassing Feodosia Bay, Sudak and Alushta, and heading directly to Yalta.
Earlier, the occupation authorities of Crimea declared a man-made emergency on a regional scale due to a large fuel oil spill in the Black Sea. The state of emergency was introduced within Kerch and Leninsky district.
Recall
In the Kerch Strait, two Volgoneft tankers were involved in an accident.
The damage caused to the Black Sea ecosystem by the tanker accident that resulted in a fuel oil leakcould amount to billions.
At the same time, Russia does not stop the transportation of oilthrough the Kerch Strait after the accident.
