Fuel Oil from the Sunken Tankers Is Heading Toward Odesa. What Should Ukraine Do?
A month ago, a large amount of fuel oil entered the Black Sea as a result of the accidents involving two Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch Strait. No one still knows how many thousands of tonnes of petroleum products, or exactly which grade, ended up in the water. It is therefore difficult to predict how they will spread through the sea.
Will fuel oil appear off the coasts of Ukraine’s southern regions, including Odesa Bay? And what should we do to minimise the consequences of the ecocide in the Black Sea caused by the terrorist state? Unfortunately, the Ukrainian authorities have still not only failed to answer these questions, but are denying altogether the possibility that fuel oil could spread to the coast of Odesa Oblast.
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