the Fire broke out when one of the ships fuel of the fuel to the other, and the crew jumped into the water to escape the flames.

rescued and the remains after ten dead have been found, says Alexei Kravchenko, spokesman for the Russian maritime authority. A further ten people missing.

– There is no hope of finding them alive, ” says Kravchenko.

” This is no longer a rescue operation.

the Ships ‘ crew members, 17 and 15 people, came from, inter alia, India and Turkey.

mainland from the crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine. The sound also differs Azovsjön from the Black sea.

Russia inaugurated last year a bridge over the strait. In november, the Russian ships fire on and boarded the Ukrainian ships that passed through the strait, which caused further tension between the countries.