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

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

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

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran ...

Fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, close to eastern Crimea — some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Sevastopol, which lies on the ...

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 ...

Full passport control has been introduced at the entrance to the bridge across the Kerch Strait from the mainland Krasnodar ...

A total of 32 dolphins have died in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and Russia's southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group has said. Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue ...

Fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, close to eastern Crimea – some 155 miles from Sevastopol, which lies on the south-west of the ...

north of the Kerch Strait. It contaminated an area 14 1/2-kilometer (9-mile) long, Moscow-installed Gov. Yevgeny Balitsky wrote on Telegram. Russian-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea ...