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The Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 vessels were both damaged while transiting the Kerch Strait waterway separating the occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia's western Krasnodar Krai region, the country's Emergencies Ministry reported on Telegram.
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  • December 16, 2024

2 Russian oil tankers damaged off Crimea, emergency authorities say

The Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 vessels were both damaged while transiting the Kerch Strait, the country's Emergencies Ministry reported on Telegram.

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