In the Black Sea, 2 Russian tankers sank: the ecologist told who will suffer from fuel oil

The ecologist recalled that a similar catastrophe happened in the Kerch Strait area on November 11, 2007 - then the Russian ship "Volgoneft 139" split in half and sank, spilling into the Black Sea. "Today, the situation is much more serious than in 2007. First, the amount of fuel oil that could potentially get into the sea is much higher-8.

6 thousand tons! Second, now the water temperature is much lower (7-10 degrees Celsius) And the distance to the coast in the direction of the wind is much larger. According to the expert, these clots with increasing temperature will float to the surface in the form of a rainbow fat film and kill seabirds, fish and other inhabitants of the ecosystem.

Vladislav Balynsky analyzed the geolocation of the accident and data on the force and direction of the wind and concluded that the surface oil would swim to the Russian coast, namely on the south side of the Taman Peninsula, towards the Bugaza braid and the city of Anapa of Krasnodar region. "This part of the sea coast is probably in the area of ​​environmental disaster. , - said the ecologist.

Comparing the crash with the 2007 catastrophe, Vladislav Balinsky suggests that two sun -sunk fuel tankers will bring potential losses of tens of billions of dollars and irreversible consequences for the sea fauna for decades. "The 2007 current content analysis of the 2007 disaster. International environmentalists have argued that the real loss is at least ten times higher! Ecology expert.

We will remind, on December 15 the Russian media "Interfax" reported that near the Kerch Strait eight kilometers from the shore the Russian tanker "Volgoneft 212", which transported 4 300 tons of fuel oil. Later, the Russian media shot wrote that another tanker-"Volgoneft-239" began to sink afterwards. The Russian Telegram-channel Baza reported that the evacuation of the crew was postponed in the morning due to weather conditions.