Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

The Russian government has initiated an inspection of its tanker fleet following a significant oil spill caused by two aging tankers during a storm. The Volgoneft 212 split in the Kerch Strait while ...

An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil spill in the Kerch Strait last month An emergency task force arrived ...

A Russian official said a recent oil spill in the Black Sea was unprecedented and could have been avoided, highlighting the ...

As of 06:00 a.m. on Friday, January 31, russia has 2 ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, 1 of which is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total ...

Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

Two Russian ships, the Volgoneft-239 and the Volgoneft-212, were badly damaged in stormy weather on Dec. 15, resulting in ...

Fuel oil spilt from two ageing tankers that broke up in a storm in the Kerch Strait in December has affected some forty miles ...

As of 06:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28, russia keeps 2 ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, 1 of which is a carrier of ...

The fuel oil spilled by the Volgoneft-212 oil tanker, which crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, was intended for ...

Ukraine has accused Russia of a cover-up over the spill of thousands of barrels of oil from two tankers that split in two ...

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged ...