The Volgoneft-239 ran aground on Dec. 15 during severe storms in the Kerch Strait. Emergency crews work around the clock to ...

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

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations due to the recent oil spill. Local ...

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

Rescue workers have successfully removed nearly 1,500 tons of oil from a stranded tanker involved in a significant oil spill in southern Russia. The incident, which damaged extensive stretches of the ...

Over the past month, the popular Black Sea resort beaches of Russia ... Undercurrents spread the spill and can bring oil to the surface, where it traps birds. Local environmentalists immediately ...

sparking a devastating oil spill that has damaged miles of coastline along the Black Sea MOSCOW -- Rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil left onboard a tanker that ran ...

One month after an oil spill in the Black sea caused by two Russian oil tankers destroyed in a storm, the fuel leak, which began in the Kerch strait, continues to spread further into the sea ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will help assess the damage from the russian fuel oil spill into the Black Sea that ...

Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for ...

Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil products in the Black Sea in recent history. Russia has formed a new government commission to ...

Advertising Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea ...