Third Tanker Incident Escalates Russia’s Black Sea Oil Spill Crisis The Volgoneft 109 tanker, which issued a distress signal near the port of Kavkaz in the Kerch Strait late Monday night, reported damage to one of its cargo tanks. However, authorities confirmed there was no oil leakage into the sea and the vessel’s hull remains intact, with the crew declared safe. According to Rosmorrechflot (Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport), the Volgoneft 109 was anchored in the...