The head of state also invited Minister of Emergencies Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov, and Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt to speak on the topic ...

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming ...

Ukrainian land forces already possess large drone “motherships” that can deploy smaller FPV drones in mid-air, thus extending ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Up to 5,000 tonnes of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official statements analysed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. A senior Russian ...

The oil was released by two aging Russian tankers that were damaged during a heavy storm in the Kerch Strait on Dec. 15. At least 2,400 metric tons of oil spewed into the sea, Russian officials said.