On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

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

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, an excavator ...

The fuel oil spilled by the Volgoneft-212 oil tanker, which crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, was intended for transfer to the tanker FIRN, part of the “shadow fleet” of aging ships that ...

In the Russian city of Anapa, officials said that the ritual would be held at its traditional place on the Black Sea, despite the thousands of tons of oil that fell into the nearby Kerch Strait on Dec ...

Another tanker, the Volgoneft 239, ran aground near the port of Taman on the east side ... approximately 155 miles from the Kerch Strait and 96,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil have been ...

Russian workers clean up a beach after oil spilled from two tankers in the Kerch Strait. Photo: Kransodar Krai administration Four months before that ruling, Volgotanker’s 4,190-dwt Volgoneft ...

Kurenkov said that “the most difficult situation” had developed near the port of Taman in the Krasnodar ... during a storm four weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia ...

Listen to Story Oil spill in Kerch Strait spreads, emergency task force deployed. Russian President Putin calls for increased response to spill. Situation critical near Taman port; oil leaking from ...

Kurenkov said that a "most difficult situation" had developed near the port of Taman in the Krasnodar ... during a storm four weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia-occupied ...

Kurenkov said that “the most difficult situation” had developed near the port of Taman in the Krasnodar ... during a storm four weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia ...