title: The modeling of oil pollution in the Kerch Strait in December 2024
abstract: A serious maritime accident was caused in the Black Sea, when the hull of the tanker Volgoneft 212 broke at the southern entrance of the Kerch Strait around 06:00 GMT on December 15, 2024, about 4,000 tons of mazut fuel leaked. The weather at the time was very rough, with winds of up to 18 m/s and wave heights up to 3&amp;#8211;5 m in the southern area of the Kerch Strait. It was reported from on-site observations that the oil spill during the first 3 days impacted an extended part of the southe