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| Two ships sink on the Lena River in Yakutia due to ice drift |
| 2025-05-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Two vessels sank on the Lena River in the Zhatai backwater of Yakutia. Footage of the incident was shared on May 15 by the Yakutsk-Sakha Information Agency (YSIA). Preliminary, the ship was thrown into tow due to ice movement. The second vessel was without fuel and crew, and was being prepared for disposal. No casualties were reported. A working group from the government of Yakutia went to the scene of the incident: Minister of Civil Defense and Public Safety Dmitry Lepchikov, Acting Minister of Transport and Road Facilities Anatoly Potapov, and Deputy Minister of Ecology, Nature Management and Forestry Anatoly Alekseev. It was previously noted that the ice drift on the Lena River reached the Kangalassy microdistrict in Yakutsk. A sharp increase in the water level in the river has also been recorded. |
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