Fuel oil from sunken Russian tankers washed up on the Black Sea coast again

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"In the Krasnodar region, the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, 453 interagency monitoring groups have been organised. The coastline of more than 955 km is inspected daily. At 20 work sites, cases of oil product fractions discharge have been recorded," the statement said.
In total, more than 171 thousand tonnes of contaminated soil were collected, of which more than 131 thousand tonnes were taken to temporary storage sites. In particular, about 170.5 thousand tonnes of contaminated sand and soil were collected and removed from the coastline in the Krasnodar region, including 131.7 thousand tonnes removed to a temporary storage site.
In Crimea, 501.85 tonnes of contaminated sand and soil were collected, 488.78 tonnes were removed, and 13.07 tonnes remained on the coastline. In Sevastopol, 244.74 tonnes of contaminated sand and soil were collected and removed.
In total, more than 5,000 people and more than 670 pieces of equipment are involved in the emergency response, the Russian ministry said.
Sunken tankers
As reported earlier, on December 15, two Russian tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, each carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil, crashed during a storm, resulting in the death of one sailor and a spill of oil products.