Two Russian oil tankers badly damaged in storm in Kerch strait

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The Volgoneft-212 tanker has run aground and one of its 13 crew members has died. The others were rescued, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said on Sunday.

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00:00Two Russian oil tankers were badly damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, spilling oil

00:07and sparking an emergency rescue operation.

00:11One tanker ran aground and had its bow torn away, with Russian media saying one person

00:15on board was killed, while the rest were saved by emergency services.

00:20The second tanker was also damaged in the storm and left drifting in the same area with

00:25its crew members aboard.

00:27Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of recklessness, saying the tankers were too old to go out

00:33in a storm.

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