By By Valerie Leroux AFP
MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian tanker broke in two, releasing 1,300 tons of fuel oil and two cargo ships loaded with sulfur sank during a storm Sunday in the Kerch Strait between Russian coast of the Crimea, by hollows of five meters and winds of 100 mph.
At least one other vessel was in distress in the strait connecting the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea, while a Turkish freighter ran aground a bit further near Gelendjik, on the southern shores Russia, the ministry said Emergencies.
The number two in the Russian environmental monitoring agency, Oleg Mitvol, commenting on the accident of the tanker and sank the first ship, reported a "serious environmental incident."
"Approximately 1,300 tons of fuel oil have spread" after the bow of the tanker, the "Volgoneft 139", belonging to the Russian company Volganeft, detached from the vessel near the Russian port of Kavkaz, a announced Cardiovascular Risk Factors a spokesman for the Russian Transport Ministry told AFP.
Life crew, refugees back the ship is not in danger but rescue struggling to get involved because of bad weather, she added.
Two of the 13 sailors were recovered by a tugboat, told AFP the regional branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
But the weather does left arm pain stopped deteriorating, winds up to 125 km / h are expected throughout the day, and should remain poor for the next three days, they added the same source.
The Russian cargo "Volnogorsk" carrying Chest Pain 2,400 tons of sulfur sank in the port of Kavkaz, also announced a spokesman for the regional branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry told AFP.
The nine crew members, who had taken refuge on a lifeboat, could reach the shore safely, said the Emergency Situations Ministry was quoted by the Itar-Tass .
Finally, cargo The knee Russian "Nakhichevan", which has 11 crew members, also sank, said an official of the crisis cell set up in the port Kavkaz, quoted by Interfax. Three sailors were recovered from knee pain Ukrainian tug, eight are being sought.
A fourth Russian cargo ship, the "Kovel", carrying sulfur also was in distress in the Kerch Strait, said Interfax.
The Russian tanker "Volgoneft 139" was at anchor when it broke in two, about 4:45 pm Moscow time (1:45 GMT). The front portion then began to drift, said the regional branch of Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.
"Sailors Osteoarthritis knee were at the back, where is the engine. They managed to revive the engine "and halt the drift, said a knee sprain spokesman of the antenna.
Three tugs, two Russian and one Ukrainian, were trying to attach cables around from bow to halt its drift. A Ukrainian plane and a helicopter knee tendinitis preparing to fly over Russian haemarthrosis of the knee area as soon as weather permits, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Poor conditions Protective knee weather does not permit action to stop the leak of oil, "said Oleg Mitvol. Knee prosthesis "There is a serious risk that the leak continues," he said on the Vesti channel.
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