In this handout video grab released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry, rescuers evacuate Russian fishermen stranded on an ice floe drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Sakhalin region, Russia. According to initial reports, the accident occurred near the village of Lesnoe and involved around 200 men. Rescuers used a hovercraft and an Mi-8 helicopter and completed the operation to pull out all 374 fishermen from an ice floe 700 metres off the coast of Sakhalin, the Russian Emergencies Ministry's press service said on February 28.
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- Package: Russia Fishermen Rescue Operation
- Categories: Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Sakhalin Region, Russia
- Event date: 28.02.2025
- Date published: 28.02.2025
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Emergency Situations Ministry
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1701x1134px, 829Kb
- Job-ID: 6ad3560c7fa576f1