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

"The main mass of fuel oil should have remained at the bottom of the Black Sea, which would have allowed it to be collected ...

An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil ...

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

Russia’s Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are “most likely related to the fuel oil spill.” The center said on the messaging app Telegram that a total of 61 dead ...

The Russian government declared a federal emergency in response to the oil spill. Cleanup efforts have involved around 8,500 ...

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

Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, ...

In 2021, Russia closed the strait for several months. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, described the oil spill last month as a "large ...

An emergency task force led by Emergency Situations Minister Kurenkov arrived in Russia's Krasnodar region amid a worsening ...

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

(AP) — An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread a month after it ...