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Oil From Russian Tanker Spill Reaches Sevastopol

Already last month, Russia released photos of clean-up work on a beach in Krasnodarskiy Kray, east of Crimea (Credit: AFP)

Oil from two ageing and damaged Russian tankers was detected Friday off the coast of Sevastopol, the largest city in Moscow-annexed Crimea, a local official said.

The Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239 were hit by a storm last month in the Kerch Strait linking Crimea to the southern Russian Krasnodar region, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) from Sevastopol.

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