“Specialists of Rosprirodnadzor are already working on the spot, who will have to establish the level of pollution ... A boat with booms on board has already left the port, which will be promptly installed and will help identify the area of ​​possible consequences of the incident for the water area,” the ministry's press service said.

According to Interfax, Nikita Gavrilyak, head of the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry's headquarters for the Krasnodar Territory, has no oil spill in the emergency area, according to preliminary data.

Rosmorrechflot reported that the tanker received significant holes.

"The damage is significant ... The size will be specified when the experts come," - quotes the representative of Rosmorrechflot TASS.

The deputy of the Southern Transport Prosecutor and the acting Novorossiysk Transport Prosecutor also went to the place of the emergency.

Earlier it was reported that Moscow investigators and criminologists went to the waters of the Azov Sea, where an explosion occurred on a Russian oil tanker.

On the fact of the emergency, a pre-investigation check has begun.

On the evening of October 24, an explosion occurred on a Russian-flagged tanker in the Azov Sea.

The press service of Rosmorrechflot noted that the tanker was empty, "but there was an explosion, presumably, of residual fuel vapor."

There were 13 crew members on board, six of whom were rescued, four remained on the tanker, and three more people are overboard.

Three rescue vessels are sent to the tanker.