“There’s a bow and there are two ships , torn in half,”
— more footage from the site of the wreck of Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry officially confirmed that the Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 are sinking. An MI-8 helicopter has been dispatched to the scene. There are 13 people and fuel oil on board the Volgoneft-212, and 14 people and oil products on board the Volgoneft-239.
“More than 50 specialists and 11 pieces of equipment are already involved in eliminating the consequences. Further information is being clarified,” the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.
A case of history almost literally repeating itself: quoting from Wikipedia.
In early November 2007, a severe storm caused many ships to ground in the Strait of Kerch, between Ukraine and Russia. One of these was the Volganeft-139, a river oil tanker that lost over 4,000 tonnes of heavy oil.
(Also, in 2007 when Volganeft-139 broke in half at sea, another ship, the Volganeft-123, limped into port with a cracked hull.)
These hulls are shallow and aren’t designed for serious wave stress. Only an idiot sends them to sea during a storm.
Some folks over there have been totally unwilling to learn.
Some folks over there have been totally unwilling to learn.
Russian history in a nutshell.
Russians looked at the black sea and thought it wasn’t black enough
In recent years, Russia has been accused of using a so-called ghost fleet of tankers, which are often poorly maintained and lack proper insurance, to move oil and circumvent sanctions - though Bockmann said it did not appear the tankers involved in Sunday’s incident were part of that fleet.
So the ghost fleet is even shittier
Putin doesn’t give a damn about the environment
Or his people.
Neither does the EU nor US
It’s okay, they’re towing them outside the environment
Damn, I hope they’re able to contain and clean up the oil spill.
They’re currently working to remove the spilled oil from the environment.
I am unable to find any news saying Russia is cleaning up the oil.
Do you have a source for that?
It’s a meme reference
