Nearly 50km of shoreline is polluted after two tankers were damaged in a storm on Sunday
A major oil spill has contaminated a large stretch along the Black Sea coast in southern Russiaβs Krasnodar Region after two tankers were severely damaged in a storm over the weekend. The vessels wrecked in the Kerch Strait between mainland Russia and Crimea.
Krasnodar Region Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on Tuesday that fuel oil was found along the sandy coast between the cities of Temryuk and Anapa, popular tourist destinations, stretching for dozens of kilometers.
βThis morning, while monitoring the shoreline, stains of fuel oil were discovered. Oil products washed ashore for tens of kilometers,β he said.
