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A rescue and cleanup operation involving tugboats, helicopters and more than 50 people is underway, the TASS news agency reported.
He also reported that Russian authorities are investigating for criminal negligence.
“Today, as a result of a storm in the Black Sea, two oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank,” Russia’s federal sea and river transport agency, Rosmorrechflot, wrote in a statement.
“On board the ships there were crews of 15 and 14 people. The accident caused a spill of oil products,” he continues.
Both tankers have a carrying capacity of approximately 4,200 tons of oil, Reuters news agency reported.
The full extent of the oil spill is still unclear.
