Fuel oil from Russian tankers discovered again off the coast of Odesa region

Off the coast of Odesa region, fuel oil from Russian tankers that crashed in the Kerch Strait almost a year ago continues to be detected.

This was reported by  Intent with reference to the head of the scientific research department of the Tuzli Estuaries National Park, Ivan Rusev.

Environmentalists discovered a plume of fuel oil on a sandbank near the Danube Biosphere Reserve in Odesa region on October 20.

Vladislav Balynskyi, the head of the Green Leaf organization, said that the source of the pollution is the Russian tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, which sank nine months ago. Fuel oil continues to leak from the ships, as the Russian authorities have not yet sealed the hulls underwater. And with the beginning of the autumn storm season, these fuel oil leaks have even intensified.

Satellites record stable zones in the same coordinates as in the winter period. Observations show that the intensity of the leaks is not constant. At different periods, one of the fragments, presumably under the influence of storm currents or a slight shift of the hull, changes its position in space, after which an increased release of fuel oil is observed from it.

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Earlier, USM reported that a new area contaminated with fuel oil from Russian tankers that crashed in the Kerch Strait was found on the coast of the Odesa region.