Overview
- Kernel says a drone struck the Illichivsk Oil and Fat Plant in Chornomorsk overnight, damaging a vegetable oil tank, igniting a large fire, and causing a leak, with damage assessment underway and no injuries reported.
- Earlier strikes on Pivdennyi ignited containers of flour and vegetable oil, sending product into the Black Sea and prompting a temporary closure of port waters.
- Authorities installed floating boom barriers, blocked the Pivdennyi port channel with two layers of booms, and deployed specialized vessels to contain and collect surface pollution.
- Oily residues and dozens of dead or stricken birds were recorded on Odesa’s Delfin and Lanzheron beaches, and Odesa Zoo set up a reception point to clean and rehabilitate affected wildlife.
- The State Environmental Inspectorate is sampling and documenting damage, and marine ecologists reported the slick stretched roughly 55 kilometers along the coast to the area of Sanzhiika.