Black oil spill from the sunken Volgoneft-139 tanker in the Kerch Strait could reach the Azov Sea in a day, the Federal Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Service (Rosgidromet) said on Thursday according to Interfax.
"The information on the districts polluted by the black oil and the results of the chemical analysis of water samples confirms the forecasted pollution of the sea water as a result of the tanker crash on November 11," Rosgidromet said.
The meteorologists, judging by their calculations, say that "about half of the black oil spill remains on the south-western coast of the Kosa Tuzla headland, and about 15% is spreading to the Kerch Strait and further, and will reach the Azov Sea in a day or so."