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A rescuer collects a bird full of tar to take it to a care centre in the Krasnodar region of Russia, 25.12.2024

Video. More than a thousand birds saved from pollution in the Black Sea

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Following the sinking of two Russian oil tankers during a storm in the Kerch Strait, volunteers and rescuers are actively taking part in the operation to clean up contaminated soil along the Black Sea coast.

According to the operational headquarters of Rusia's Krasnodar region, more than 1,200 birds were rescued and more than a thousand have already been transferred to rehabilitation centres and zoos.

On 15 December, two Russian Volgoneft tankers carrying oil products sank in the Kerch Strait. According to experts from the Russian Academy of Sciences, around 1,500 tonnes of fuel oil leaked from each tanker.

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