After an oil spill from two Russian 'Volgoneft' tankers in the Kerch Strait, volunteers have been cleaning up the coastline in Moscow-occupied Crimea.
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00:00Rescuers are cleaning up a contaminated beach in Moscow-occupied Crimean town of Kerch.
00:05This is the aftermath of an oil spill in the Black Sea as two Russian Volgonev tankers
00:09sank in the Kerch Strait on 15th of December where approximately 1,500 tons of fuel oil
00:15leaked from each tanker.
00:17The sailors were evacuated but one died from hypothermia.
00:21According to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, 7 kilometers of coastline in Temirg
00:26district have been cleared of oil and nearly 70,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil
00:31were collected and removed.
00:33Russian news outlets report that more than 10,000 people raced to help the cleaning efforts.
00:38It is believed that the tankers were seriously damaged following a storm in the Kerch Strait.