Satellites detected a large-scale fuel oil spill off the coast of occupied Kerch

Satellites detected a large-scale fuel oil spill off the coast of occupied Kerch

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A monitoring group discovered numerous fuel oil slicks off the coast of Kerch after the Russian tanker accident. The environmental disaster killed 11 dolphins and 143 birds.

A large number of fuel oil spots are observed in the sea off the coast of Kerch after the accident of Russian tankers on December 15, the Crimean Wind monitoring group reports, citing satellite imagery, UNN reports

The radar images were taken last night.

They show dozens of fuel oil stains at a distance of several kilometers from the Kerch coast. 

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In the Kerch Strait, two Volgoneft tankers had an accident

Due to the accident of the Russian tankers , the leakage of fuel oil will have catastrophic consequences for the Black Sea marine ecosystem. 

On December 21, it was reported that oil products from Russian tankers that had been shipwrecked were found on the shore and in the sea on the occupied Kerch Peninsula.

Eight dead dolphins were found on the coast of Novorossiysk after a fuel oil spill from tankers. In total, 11 dolphins and 143 birds died.