Images show shelled tanker still on fire, helicopter buildup in Belarus

9 March 2022, 5:18 am

Edit

New satellite images show that a Moldovan-flagged tanker shelled in the Black Sea last month is still on fire, posing a potential environmental hazard to the area.

The Millennial Spirit was believed to have 600 tons of diesel fuel when it was hit by what Ukraine says was Russian shelling on February 25.

A picture released by Planet Labs PCB show the ship still ablaze, with heavy smoke pouring out of it. All Source Analysis says the ship is off the coast of Odesa and could dump toxic chemicals into the sea.

A separate picture from Planet shows a large buildup of helicopters, many of them suspected to be Russian, at the Machulishchy air base outside Minsk, Belarus.