{"id":12702,"date":"2026-03-17T18:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=12702"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:47:21","slug":"rosijskyj-tanker-z-hazom-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/rosijskyj-tanker-z-hazom-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe faces an environmental disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A downed aircraft drifts uncontrollably in the Mediterranean Sea <strong>Russian tanker<\/strong> <strong>Arctic Metagaz<\/strong>. It carries 900 tonnes of diesel fuel and more than 60,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas. EU countries appealed to the European Commission because of the risk of an environmental disaster.<\/p>\n<h2>A threat to the Mediterranean<\/h2>\n<p>The Russian tanker Arctic Metagaz, hit by maritime drones, is adrift in the Mediterranean Sea without a crew. The vessel is carrying 900 tonnes of diesel fuel and over 60,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>Italy, France and seven other Mediterranean countries have warned the European Commission of an \u00abimminent and serious threat\u00bb of a large-scale environmental disaster. The ship was attacked in early March, after which the crew abandoned it.<\/p>\n<h2>EU response<\/h2>\n<p>European countries are calling on the European Commission to take immediate action to prevent fuel and gas leaks. According to <strong><em>Reuters<\/em><\/strong>, countries require a coordinated international operation.<\/p>\n<p>Any accident or damage to the vessel could lead to large-scale pollution of the sea and coastline. The fate of the Arctic Metagaz tanker remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<h2>Context.<\/h2>\n<p>The Arctic Metagaz tanker was attacked by maritime drones in early March 2026. After the attack, the crew abandoned the vessel, which has been drifting uncontrollably since then.<\/p>\n<p>Mediterranean countries stress that the risk of an environmental disaster is \u00abinevitable\u00bb due to the large volume of dangerous cargo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0423 \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043c\u043e\u0440\u0456 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0440\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439\u0444\u0443\u0454 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0431\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0439 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440 Arctic Metagaz. \u041d\u0430 \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0431\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0443 \u2014 900 \u0442\u043e\u043d\u043d \u0434\u0438\u0437\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0430 \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0434 60 \u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f\u0447 \u0442\u043e\u043d\u043d \u0437\u0440\u0456\u0434\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u0430\u0437\u0443. \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0404\u0421 \u0437\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044f \u0434\u043e \u0404\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0456\u0441\u0456\u0457 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u0440\u0438\u0437\u0438\u043a \u0435\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0456\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0438. \u0417\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0430 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0440\u2019\u044f \u041f\u0456\u0434\u0431\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0439 \u043c\u043e\u0440\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440 Arctic Metagaz \u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439\u0444\u0443\u0454 \u0443 \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043c\u043e\u0440\u0456 \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u0435\u043a\u0456\u043f\u0430\u0436\u0443. \u041d\u0430 \u0431\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0443 \u0441\u0443\u0434\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0454 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":12701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0430","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-12702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12703,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12702\/revisions\/12703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}