Russian strikes cause sunflower oil spill in Ukraine’s Odesa
A sunflower oil spill has contaminated the shoreline around the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, killing wildlife and triggering health warnings.
The animal does not die from the oil itself. It dies because its feathers are covered with a layer of fat, which is washed away by the sunflower oil, causing the animal to die of hypothermia.
![A resident stands at an embankment near the sunflower oil spill in Odesa on Wednesday [Nina Liashonok/Reuters]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/777/601/237/503/366/original/e688f3a66f152a64.png)