Emergencies Ministry head forms federal headquarters to eliminate fuel oil spill in the Black Sea

Head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Kurenkov has formed a federal headquarters to eliminate the fuel oil spill in the Black Sea, members of the structure have arrived in Anapa, the ministry's press service reported on January 12.

"The head of the Emergencies Ministry Alexander Kurenkov and members of the federal operational headquarters, formed on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrived in Anapa. The federal headquarters will work directly at the site of the emergency until the complete elimination of the consequences of the fuel oil spill", - stated in the message.

It is specified that the headquarters includes representatives of federal ministries and agencies authorized to make decisions on the spot.

Kurenkov will personally supervise the work, which is being carried out around the clock on the polluted coast. He will also hold a meeting of the governmental commission on additional measures to eliminate the consequences of the crash of two tankers as soon as possible.

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The President instructed to create a headquarters to eliminate the consequences of fuel oil spills

Earlier, on January 9, Putin, during a meeting with members of the Russian government, called the fuel oil spill in the Black Sea one of the most serious environmental challenges in recent years. He instructed to create a headquarters in the Kerch Strait, which would work directly at the site of the disaster and would be headed by heads and responsible employees of ministries and departments.

The tankers Volgoneft-212 andVolgoneft-239crashed in the Kerch Strait due to bad weather on December 15, 2024. The incident resulted in a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both vessels, one person died. After that, a federal-level emergency regime was introduced in the Krasnodar region, and in Crimea and Sevastopol - regional level. It was also introduced in some areas.

The Ministry of Transport reported on January 2 that 2.4 thousand tons of oil products had fallen into the Black Sea after the tanker crash.