Weeks of unusually cold weather in the southern parts of Russia has frozen the Sea of Azov leading to several ships being trapped in ice. Unusually cold weather has built up a layer of ice up to half-a-metre thick off the coast of Russia's Krasnodar region. Though icebreakers have been deployed by Russia's emergencies ministry, they were moving slowly in the ice which has been growing thicker by the day. The emergencies ministry has also deployed helicopters to carry food and water supplies for the people stranded in these ships. According to Russian media reports, dozens of ships were stranded in the ice. About 85 people have been cut off from the shore. Russia's state forecaster Hydrometeorological Centre has said that the southern parts of the country would continue to face extreme frosts in the coming days with temperatures from 12 to 17 degrees Celsius below average.
- RSOE Edis
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