“Сontained” Black Sea oil spill drifting from Russia’s Novorossiysk toward occupied Crimea
Experts from the organization Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe have examined satellite images and found that an oil spill in the Black Sea, first reported on Aug. 29 off the coast of Russia's Novorossiysk, continues to spread. Using images from the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites, The Insider was able to verify that the slick is already approaching the Kerch Strait. Greenpeace has published images from Aug. 29 (the day of the spill), Aug. 30, and Sept. 1.