Fuel oil from Russian tankers reaches the beach in Odesa

Fuel oil found on the coast of Odesa region. Archive photo: Ivan Rusev/Facebook

Fuel oil from Russian tankers was found on the beach «Luzanivka» in Odesa. Experts have already sent the selected fractions of the oil product for laboratory tests.

This was reported by the State Ecological Inspectorate of the South-Western District.

The environmentalists found fuel oil clots measuring 8-12 centimetres on a stretch of beach over 50 metres. Experts are currently taking samples of sea water to analyse the content of oil products. In addition, the pollutant itself, along with the sand, was also transferred to UkrSCES for laboratory testing.

As a reminder, new fuel oil clots were found on the coast of Odesa region, near the village of Lebedivka in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district. These are the consequences of the Russian oil tanker accident in the Black Sea.

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Russian tanker accident

As a reminder, on 15 December 2024, near Cape Panagia in the Kerch Strait , the «Volgoneft» tanker ran aground, and 4 tonnes of fuel oil could have leaked into the sea. Later it became known that another tanker, the «Volgoneft-239», began to sink next. Its hull broke into two parts after being hit by a wave.

The leakage of fuel oil from two Russian tankers in the Black Sea caused a large-scale environmental disaster. The damage caused to the Black Sea ecosystem exceeds $14 billion.

Animal rights activists have recorded 32 deaths of cetaceans, including whales, dolphins and porpoises, following the accident with two Russian oil tankers «Volgoneft-212» and «Volgoneft-239». The deaths of the animals are most likely related to the fuel oil spill, which has already reached Feodosia, Alushta and Sudak.

As of 27 January, employees of the National Nature Park «Tuzly Estuaries» had collected up to four kilograms of fuel oil. At the same time, fuel oil removal has begun near the Danube Biosphere Reserve on the coast of Odesa region.