O=C=O<p>Russia Says Oil Spill ‘Critical’ as Crimea Declares Emergency</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> warned on Saturday of severe environmental damage from a huge <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OilSpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilSpill</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackSea</span></a> caused when two tankers collided in a storm near <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crimea</span></a>, which declared a state of emergency.<br>One <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tanker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tanker</span></a> sank and another ran aground on December 15 in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KerchStrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KerchStrait</span></a> between Russia and the annexed Crimean peninsula.</p><p><a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/28/russia-says-oil-spill-critical-as-crimea-declares-emergency-a87476" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/28/</span><span class="invisible">russia-says-oil-spill-critical-as-crimea-declares-emergency-a87476</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OilKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilKills</span></a></p>