In the Black Sea, work continues on the localization and elimination of oil spills

The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea Yuri Gotsanyuk took part in a meeting on the implementation of a set of measures to localize and eliminate the consequences of an emergency related to the spread of oil products in the Black Sea, chaired by the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vitaly Gennadievich Savelyev.

We fix the dynamics of changes in Crimea on a regular basis — weekly. During the reporting period of facts of detection of oil products, no— stated Yuri Gotsanyuk during the meeting.

According to operational reports, during the reporting period of facts of detection of oil products, it was not recorded. 3,938 km of the coastline, 1,295 km² of water area and 2.5 km² using unmanned aviation systems were examined.

As part of the environmental cleaning measures, 30 tons of waste were sorted, the disposal of 150 tons of polluted materials continues.

Work on localization and elimination of the spill of oil products continues in planned mode, forces and means are enough— said Yuri Gotsanyuk.