25 tons of oil-water mixture collected after tanker accident in the Black Sea

After the accident with tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239", which crashed on December 15, 25 tons of oil-water mixture was collected in the Black Sea. This was reported by the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region on December 25.

"In total, more than 256 square kilometers of water area has already been surveyed, 25 tons of oil-water mixture has been collected, 27.9 thousand square meters have been treated with sorbent," - stated in the message published in the Telegram-channel.

It also specified that specialists with the help of echo sounder found the bow of the tanker "Volgoneft-239"

"As soon as the weather allows, divers will check if there is no leakage of oil products from it," - added in the operstab.

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Earlier in the day, the Kuban introduced a regional emergency regime due to the release of oil products. According to the Governor of the Krasnodar region Veniamin Kondratyev, the release of oil products on the coast of Anapa and Temryuksky district continues. According to experts' forecasts, most of the fuel oil should have remained at the bottom of the Black Sea, but due to unfavorable weather conditions fuel oil rises to the surface and ends up on the beach.

Tankers Volgoneft-212 andVolgoneft-239crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15 due to bad weather. As a result of the incident there was a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both vessels. It was specified that one person died.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin created a working group to coordinate the work to eliminate the consequences of the accident with tankers in the Kerch Strait.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the situation with the elimination of the consequences of the fuel spill in the Black Sea is under the attention of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Peskov called the incident an environmental catastrophe and noted that additional resources would be needed to eliminate the consequences.