More than 30 dolphins died in the Kerch Strait. The reason is a fuel oil spill that resulted from the sinking of Russian tankers, Delfacenter reports. Yesterday, a state of emergency was introduced in occupied Sevastopol.

A dolphin rescue center in Russia says 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula

The spill began on December 15, when two ageing Russian tankers were caught in a storm off the Kerch Strait linking Crimea to southern Russia. One sank and the other ran aground, pouring around 2,400 tonnes of a heavy fuel oil called mazut into the surrounding waters.

The amount of oil spilled in the Kerch Strait by two Russian oil tankers is "significantly less than the initial estimate," Russia's Transport Ministry claimed on Jan. 2.

In this photo released by Sevastopol mayor Mikhail Razvozhaev telegram channel on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, veterinarians clean a bird after tons of fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken