Divers collected 1 thousand kg of fuel oil from the bottom of the Black Sea near the Vityazevo pier

Near the Vityazevo pier, divers collected 1 thousand kg of petroleum products from the bottom of the Black Sea after the wreck of the tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239. This was reported on January 24 in the press service of the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory.

"Divers have collected 1,000 kg of fuel oil from the bottom of the Black Sea near the Vityazevo pier," the Telegram channel of the regional operations center says.

It is also indicated that work on the territory under the pier is carried out daily to eliminate the consequences.

In addition, Alexander Subochev, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Krasnodar Territory, said that divers are additionally monitoring the underwater space during the collection of fuel oil. Over the past day, experts have made 12 descents in the area of the pier.

It is specified that in case of detection of new foci of pollution, they are collected, and after that they are lifted onto the water and transported to shore for disposal.

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Earlier, on January 23, the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Alexander Kozlov stated that href="https://iz.ru/1827200/2025-01-23/pravitelstvo-vydelit-15-mlrd-rublei-na-vozmeshchenie-raskhodov-po-likvidatcii-chp-na-kubani " target="_blank">the Russian government will allocate 1.5 billion rubles for reimbursement of expenses to eliminate the consequences of the tanker crash in the Black Sea. He added that Rosprirodnadzor will calculate the damage to nature from the fuel oil spill within about three months and expose it to the perpetrators of pollution in court.

Before that, on January 22, in the Krasnodar Territory, Crimea and Sevastopol new fuel oil emissions have been found. In particular, the oil product appeared along the 8.5 km coastline of the Sea of Azov, in the area of the Kuchuguri tract in the Kuban.

Tankers "Волгонефть-212" and "Волгонефть-239 " due to bad weather, they crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024. As a result of the incident there was a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both ships, one died. On behalf of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin was A working group has been set up to coordinate the work to eliminate the consequences of the emergency.