An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil spill in the Kerch Strait last month
In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, rescuers and volunteers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more then three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.
The Emergencies Ministry said Saturday that over 155,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil had been collected since oil spilled out ofduring a storm four weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula from the Krasnodar region. Russian-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency last weekend afteron the shores of Sevastopol, the peninsula’s largest city, about 250 kilometers from the Kerch Strait.
“Russia’s practice of first ignoring the problem, then admitting its inability to solve it, and ultimately leaving the entire Black Sea region alone with the consequences is yet another proof of its international irresponsibility,” Tykhyi said Friday.
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