Humiliation for Putin as Russian oil tanker splits in two killing at least one sailor & 2nd ship is damaged in Black Sea
In the Black Sea, a Russian oil tanker split in two, killing at least one person and damaging another.
One of the tankers can be seen in the footage to have been totally split in half, with its bow overturned and sinking vertically in the water.
In yet another setback for Putin, an emergency rescue effort is already in progress to desperately remove both personnel.
There are concerns for at least 27 sailors after the Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 are destroyed in the Kerch Strait; the damage is said to have caused a catastrophic oil spill.
According to Russian investigators, two criminal cases have been started to investigate potential safety violations.
The news agency Interfax reports that stormy weather has severely damaged two Russian tankers in the Black Sea.
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There were thirteen crew members on board the Volgoneft-212 and fourteen sailors on board the Volgoneft 239.
According to some sources, there were 29 people on board the two ships.
Thirteen seamen are reportedly “still at sea” despite the fact that ten have been rescued thus far.
According to the story, there are worries that four other people who were in the hold when one of the vessels broke up might have drowned.
“Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 are new river-sea type ships,” the paper stated.
To satisfy the requirements of the class of such ships, they were divided in half and stitched together in the 1990s.
They weren’t being properly serviced all this time.
The welded seam was torn when waves struck them in the side during a storm today.
A portion of the 4,000 tons of fuel oil stored in each ship’s tanks poured out, creating black blotches on the ocean.
According to reports, Russian Mi-8 rescue aircraft were their route to the location.
Several kilometers off the coast of the Crimean peninsula, a rescue tug was also dispatched to the scene.
According to some accounts, the Volgoneft-212 has four tons on board, despite having a deadweight tonnage of 5,000 tons. They are apparently filled with oil.
According to some sources, it was transporting 4,300 tons of oil.
It has been in operation for more than 50 years, having been constructed in 1969.
When the Volgoneft-239 was constructed in 1982, it might have been transporting over 4,000 tons.
Although Ukrainian marine drones have recently bombed the area, the issues with the oil tankers are not thought to be tied to the conflict.
According to preliminary data, the ship broke in half and started to sink after powerful waves created a hole in the hull, according to the Readovka media outlet.
The sinking of the Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 was confirmed by the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
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Eleven pieces of equipment and more than fifty specialists are already working to eradicate the effects. The ministry stated that additional details are being clarified.
It was later reported that the 239 was drifting and the 212 had run aground.
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