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Dozens of dead dolphins, hundreds of dead birds, dozens of square kilometers of polluted sea shore – these are the first outcomes of shipwreck in the Kerch Strait on December 15. Sea storm broke and sank two Russian tankers «Volgoneft-212» and «Volgoneft-239» with over 9 thousand tons of fuel oil. In accordance with preliminary data, half of them have already spilled into the sea. The leakage continues as Russian authorities were slow in pumping fuel oil from drowned tankers.

Fuel oil reached sea shores of Anapa in Krasnodarsky krai of the Russian Federation and Kerch in occupied Crimea. It has killed sea species and polluted beaches. Ecologists believe that spots of fuel oil may reach Yalta whereas it will take years to overcome negative outcomes of the shipwreck.