The oil spill in the Black Sea that has hit Russian and Crimean coasts since mid-December is particularly hard to clean up ...

Intense fighting is also taking place between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the key city of Kurakhove, in eastern Ukraine.

The ecological catastrophe began December 15, when two Russian oil tankers, the Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239, sank ...

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, ...

Most of the more than 30 dolphins killed in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait were from the endangered Azov species.

"We can expect the number of injured cetaceans to increase in much greater numbers than usual in the coming months." ...

Emergency workers clean up the beaches of the Black Sea in southern Russia following an oil spill which occured on December 15. Russia's Delfa centre, which rescues and provides rehabilitation for ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea have announced a regional emergency after oil was detected on the coast ...

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared ...

Dozens of sea mammals have been found dead since last month's Russian oil tanker spill in the Black Sea, a dolphin rescue ...

"In the Krasnodar region, the coastal line in Anapa and a remote area in the Utrish natural reserve have been examined from the air. An oil spill has been discovered off Vityazevo, 1.5 kilometers (0.8 ...