Fuel oil spilled out of two tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, about 250 kilometres from Sevastopol on the southwest of the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
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00:00At least 32 dolphins have died since oil spilled out of two stricken tankers three weeks ago
00:07in the Kerch Strait.
00:09The waterway separates the occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia's southern Krasnodar
00:14region.
00:15Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are most likely related
00:20to the fuel oil spill.
00:22Two Russian oil tankers were badly damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait in mid-December
00:26with one vessel breaking in two.
00:29The media reported that both tankers were carrying around 62,000 barrels of oil products
00:34in total.
00:36In late December, officials said more than 3,300 tons of low-grade fuel had been spilled
00:41into the strait.
00:43Officials in Crimea declared a regional emergency on Saturday after oil was detected on the
00:48shores of Sevastopol.
00:50That came a week after a similar declaration was made in Russia's southern Krasnodar region
00:54after fuel oil began washing up there.