An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil spill in the Kerch Strait last month.

Veniamin Kondratyev in his Telegram channel on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, rescuers and volunteers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, near Anapa in Russia’s southern ...

Most of the more than 30 dolphins killed in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait were from the endangered Azov species.

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month.

rescuers and volunteers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, near Anapa in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait ... of the Krasnodar region’s Anapa and Temryuk districts.

Telegram channels and Russian media have reported that drones and missiles have attacked temporarily occupied Crimea and Russia's Krasnodar Krai. Source: Krymskiy Veter (Crimean Wind), Crimean local Telegram channel;

A Russian official said a recent oil spill in the Black Sea was unprecedented and could have been avoided, highlighting the age of the vessels involved.

Irina Logominova noted that dolphins in the Black Sea typically give birth from spring to summer, with the exact period ranging from March to July, depending on environmental factors, food availability,

In addition, "isolated minor emissions of fuel oil from Anapa to the village of Blagoveshchenskaya, the villages of Volna and Veselovka" were discovered

The Russian government declared a federal emergency in response to the oil spill. Cleanup efforts have involved around 8,500 volunteers and emergency personnel

A creditor has launched bankruptcy proceedings against the Russian owner of a ship that caused an environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Black Sea last month, government and court documents show.