The state of emergency applies in Kerch and Leninskyi, state the authorities in the areas annexed by Russia. – The situation is very critical. Unfortunately, negative environmental consequences are inevitable, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the oil spill an “ecological disaster”. It was on December 15 that two older Russian tankers ran into distress in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. One of the ships broke up and sank while the other ran aground. The ships had a combined cargo of 9,200 tons of oil, according to the state-controlled Russian news agency Tass.
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