Employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry collect fuel oil off Cape Panagiya during a clean-up operation after fuel oil spilled into the Black Sea by two storm-wrecked Russian tankers was washed ashore, spreading over miles of the seacoast, near the coastal village of Taman, Krasnodar Region, Russia. On December 15, the Russian Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport said that two oil fuel-laden tankers, Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239, had wrecked in the Kerch Strait during a storm. The tankers were estimated to be carrying about 9,200 tonnes of fuel oil, of which about 2,400 tonnes leaked into the sea, much less than initially estimated.